Why,
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Frog2Spider
- Patron 2018
- Posts: 387
- Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:48 pm
- Your car is a: 1981 2000 Spider
- Location: Vancouver, Washington
Why,
is this site now showing as being ‘Not Secure’?
Always looking for curves under blue skies!
Frog2Spider
'81 - 2000 Spider
Frog2Spider
'81 - 2000 Spider
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aj81spider
- Patron 2020
- Posts: 1526
- Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:04 am
- Your car is a: 1974 Fiat 124 Spider
- Location: Chelmsford, MA
Re: Why,
Because we connect to it unencrypted. It uses HTTP and not HTTPS. Any site that you connect to unencrypted shows that marker on Chrome. Connecting unencrypted means that someone listening in on your session (say if you are using wi-fi in a coffee shop and someone is running a sniffer program) can read the traffic going back and forth. With your bank that's a really bad idea. With the FiatSpider forum it's not such a big issue.
A.J.
1974 Fiat 124 Spider
2006 Corvette
1981 Spider 2000 (sold 2013 - never should have sold that car)
1974 Fiat 124 Spider
2006 Corvette
1981 Spider 2000 (sold 2013 - never should have sold that car)
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Site Owner
- Site Admin
- Posts: 184
- Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:07 pm
- Location: USA
Re: Why,
AJ, thanks for the explanation and you are spot-on. I have not gone to HTTPS yet, I probably will but it does increase the cost a little bit. That said, you are correct, there really is no risk here. Now, when it comes to donations, it's important to note that ALL of that traffic and transaction goes directly through PayPal's security and is totally safe and secure.When you click on the donation button, you're in PayPal at that point.
Evan
Evan
Founder & Owner
FiatSpider.com
FiatSpider.com