The risks are fairly minimal, the warning is simply because you're logging in to a site that is served via http: instead of https:
The main risk from this is if you have someone on the same local network as you who interrupts the request and alters it before letting it get to you. In a private broadband scenario, so long as you're connection isn't compromised, that's a fairly low risk.
There's a blog post from Mozilla about the reason for the change (it was actually in V51) -
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2017/01/20/communicating-the-dangers-of-non-secure-http/I don't know if moving to https: is an option for the site but there would be a cost involved in getting the certificates for it.
Thanks for that Paul. My mind is a bit more at ease now.
I don't know if moving to https: is an option for the site but there would be a cost involved in getting the certificates for it.
Can create certs for free if required:
https://letsencrypt.org/With Shell access can set them up up to auto renew, so minimal maintenance also.
Hi Martyn,
Noticed today that a "pop-up" appeared on the site. It's said about working online with a yes or no option. It seemed to appear when a page was left idle for a while.
Just thought you should know in case it was a problem.
Hi Martyn,
Noticed today that a "pop-up" appeared on the site. It's said about working online with a yes or no option. It seemed to appear when a page was left idle for a while.
Just thought you should know in case it was a problem.
Me too, but only on the I phone?
Hi Martyn,
Noticed today that a "pop-up" appeared on the site. It's said about working online with a yes or no option. It seemed to appear when a page was left idle for a while.
Just thought you should know in case it was a problem.
So I've had this as well. Wasn't sure if it was an H&V thing or a Chrome thing. Can't find anything on Google about it.
Hi Martyn,
Noticed today that a "pop-up" appeared on the site. It's said about working online with a yes or no option. It seemed to appear when a page was left idle for a while.
Just thought you should know in case it was a problem.
Me too, but only on the I phone?
I've had it on both a Windows laptop and an iPad.
Just had this myself on my mobile.
Just had this myself on my mobile.
I've had it as well but thought it was from a different site I had open on another tab.
I had it yesterday when I closed this site.
I had it yesterday on the desktop using Windows 10 and Edge and continually on my Samsung mobile. Nothing today so far.
I had it as well yesterday, but it's nothing l have done/added.
Has anyone dared click Yes or No yet? I've just closed the popup each time.
I clicked No on my work laptop as its behind millions of antiviruses / firewalls. Nothing bad has happened - it just shut the pop up down.