windows phone 8 issues with trusting SSL certificates

Question

I want to retrieve JSON files from a secure server using WebClient but my Windows Phone 8 doesn't let me as WebCLient throws an exception if it doesn't trust the SSL certificate.

The problem is that it doesn't trust most of them; Internet Explorer shows me a warning, which I can ignore by adding the certificate, but WebClient doesn't let me do that, it just blocks most of SSL sites - for example:

https://google.com

https://www.digicert.com

With HTTP everything works fine; My iPhone and Android apps are working perfectly with the service.

Is there any way to fix this or bypass SSL checking altogether?

Answer 1

Check your phone's time. If the system time/date is way off SSL will break. This is common on all platforms.

It is not possible to bypass SSL checking.