# Frequent error message **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 15, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-error-message/798996 "2017-10-15T23:03:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-error-message/798996/1 "2017-10-15T23:03:36Z")
Over the past week or so, I’ve frequently gotten an error message when trying to click a board link: Your connection is not secure The owner of [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website. It boots me back to the previous page, and often when I repeat my request, it goes through. Anybody else experiencing this? I _am_ using AdBlockPlus, full disclosure, but it’s not preventing me from seeing ads on the board. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-error-message/798996/2 "2017-10-15T23:45:41Z")
Make sure you are browsing the board from http and not https. You get that error if the link has https in it and not http since the SDMB isn’t set up for https. I think it started with Chrome, but Firefox does it now too. Basically, the later versions of these complain since we are not using https but we have a login box on the page. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-error-message/798996/3 "2017-10-24T22:26:39Z")
It’s still popping up from time to time, and I’m certainly not _deliberately_ using https. How do I get to stop?