# Allowing plug-ins, OSX 10.11.6, Safari 11.0

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 24, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-plug-ins-osx-10-11-6-safari-11-0/797225 "2017-09-24T21:21:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-plug-ins-osx-10-11-6-safari-11-0/797225/11 "2017-10-02T01:41:06Z")

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I clicked on the SDMB link in the OP of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=837779), and received a warning:

**This Connection Is Not Private**

The website may be impersonating “[boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)” to steal your personal or financial information. You should close this page.

Clicking on ‘Show details’, it says the certificate is issued to \*.cloudfront[dot]net, that it expires 17 December, 2017, and This certificate is not valid (host name mismatch). Organisation (under Details) is amazon[dot]com.

Could this be an effect of turning Flash Player on? Or is it something else?

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