SSL Certificate verification should be enabled by default with possible override

### Expected Behaviour

SSL certificate verification should be enabled by default, unless the user takes specific action to disable it for very specific scenarios.

### Actual Behaviour

SSL certificate verification is disabled currently.

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the Python code that creates outbound SSL connections and trace how certificate verification is configured. Done means verification is enabled by default, with an explicit user-controlled override covered by a regression test.

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