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[Totnor]

When I go to sign in to my account - using Firefox as I have done for years, I get a message saying it isn't a secure site. Please can anyone comment on this? I have signed in just to be able to post this.

[Renee Zamora]

The forums don't use https, so login information isn't encrypted. In a recent Firefox update, they added security warnings to any login forms that aren't submitted over https.

 

You shouldn't use the same password that you would be using for security-critical applications like email, online shopping or banking. This isn't something new -- the forums aren't suddenly less secure than they were before, Firefox just raised the bar.

[robertjacobs0]

Not happening here with Firefox 53.0.2. Is it possible that your anti-virus/anti-malware program is sending the notice? If so, there's probably a setting which allows you to shut the warning down for the RootsMagic site.

[Totnor]

Thanks for your help. Much appreciated.

[lighthouse]

Not happening here with Firefox 53.0.2. Is it possible that your anti-virus/anti-malware program is sending the notice? If so, there's probably a setting which allows you to shut the warning down for the RootsMagic site.

Robert, Firefox current is 53.0.3. Maybe Totnor needs to check for the latest update

[robertjacobs0]

Thanks, Lighthouse. 53.0.3 installed shortly after I wrote my note on the 19th. I'm still not having the problem Totnor reported.

 

BTW, getting the Firefox version number is more cumbersome than it ought to be: three clicks, menu/help/about. It had been so long since I'd done it I had to look up the procedure.

 

 

Robert

[kbens0n]

BTW, getting the Firefox version number is more cumbersome than it ought to be: three clicks, menu/help/about. It had been so long since I'd done it I had to look up the procedure.

Protip: Firefox has about: commands

Try typing about:support into URL/search block for quicker action

http://winaero.com/b...about-commands/

[kbens0n]

Thanks, Lighthouse. 53.0.3 installed shortly after I wrote my note on the 19th. I'm still not having the problem Totnor reported.

[robertjacobs0]

Thanks, Kevin. Nice little procedure.

 

Don't know if the OP is still having the same problem.

 

R.

[TomH]

I get the warning from Microsoft Edge, too.

[Totnor]

I still get the problem as in robertjacobs0  printscreen.

[kbens0n]

I still get the problem as in robertjacobs0  printscreen.

It's not a problem... it's a feature ...of the latest version of certain browsers
as Renee explained in post #2