# O Board, Y U no remember me? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 21, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601 "2019-09-21T06:09:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/1 "2019-09-21T06:09:14Z")
These two things have been happening to me on the boards for the last three or four days. I keep looking to see if someone else has noticed the second and is complaining about it, but maybe it’s just me? 1. Boards are marked ‘Not Secure’ in chrome. HTTPS certificate expired perhaps? 2. I’m constantly being logged out. Time was I could hit the ‘remember me’ button and I’d stay logged in forever. Now it seems to be timing me out about every hour (or so) What’s changed? ETA: In a fit of supreme irony, the board logged me out while I was posting this… ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/2 "2019-09-21T06:53:35Z")
And you paid your dues. It ain’t right! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/3 "2019-09-21T07:21:31Z")
I’ll give you a reference. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/4 "2019-09-21T09:29:37Z")
That’s very brave of you. Foolishly brave, even… ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/5 "2019-09-21T11:18:17Z")
Use firefox; chrome sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/6 "2019-09-21T12:50:30Z")
What’s the difference? (Sidenote - right now my little ‘secure’ padlock is back in action, and I didn’t get logged out while I was AFK a few hours. So either the hamsters have been hard at work, or it’s one of these observer-effect things…) ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/7 "2019-09-21T13:31:19Z")
I’ve been logged out frequently too. That may just be TPTB giving me a subtle hint. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/8 "2019-09-21T13:45:02Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Use firefox; chrome sucks. I typically use Chrome and have never gotten logged out of the SDMB. It does say “not secure”—something about the SDMB using the old http instead of https protocol? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/9 "2019-09-21T13:46:41Z")
I’m having neither of these issues in Chrome, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/10 "2019-09-21T14:09:44Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > 1. Boards are marked ‘Not Secure’ in chrome. HTTPS certificate expired perhaps? I’m running Mozilla Firefox but I don’t have any of these problems. The certificate is good until January 10, 2020. I booted up Google Chrome to test, and noticed that entering “[boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)” does not automatically use the HTTPS protocol. Explicitly typing “[https://boards.straightdope.com](https://boards.straightdope.com)” resolved that issue. I recommend you make a bookmark for “[https://boards.straightdope.com](https://boards.straightdope.com)”. That way if you begin to type, it will auto-fill the full HTTPS URL. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/11 "2019-09-21T14:15:58Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > entering “[boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)” does not automatically use the HTTPS protocol. Explicitly typing “[https://boards.straightdope.com](https://boards.straightdope.com)” resolved that issue. > > I recommend you make a bookmark for “[https://boards.straightdope.com](https://boards.straightdope.com)”. Ah, that makes sense. But how much does it matter? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/12 "2019-09-21T14:31:47Z")
Make sure your bookmarks (or whatever gets you here) has the https at the front of it. Using [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) alone might not be enough, depending on your browser. The typical symptoms of using http instead of https are frequently getting logged out and having the theme switch back to the default but often-hated Sultanstheme. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/13 "2019-09-21T14:52:00Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Ah, that makes sense. > > But how much does it matter? For one, it’s the difference between sending a password over an encrypted or unencrypted channel. Plus the other symptoms **engineer\_comp\_geek** mentioned. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/14 "2019-09-21T16:44:58Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Use firefox; chrome sucks. Yes. Chrome has turned into a spyware repository. > **[Review | Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s Web browser has become spy software](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-switch/)** > > Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser — in a single week. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/15 "2019-09-21T17:54:58Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Yes. Chrome has turned into a spyware repository. > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-switch/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-switch/) Meh. AdBlock Plus and no surfing via phone. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/16 "2019-09-21T18:42:44Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Meh. AdBlock Plus and no surfing via phone. And a pay wall. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/17 "2019-09-21T19:46:14Z")
Sometimes I hit a pay wall, sometimes I don’t. My previous post was in reference to this: > [@](#): > > Look in the upper right corner of your Chrome browser. See a picture or a name in the circle? If so, you’re logged in to the browser, and Google might be tapping into your Web activity to target ads. Don’t recall signing in? I didn’t, either. Chrome recently started doing that automatically when you use Gmail. > > Chrome is even sneakier on your phone. If you use Android, Chrome sends Google your location every time you conduct a search. (If you turn off location sharing it still sends your coordinates out, just with less accuracy.) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/18 "2019-09-21T21:03:13Z")
The way I get to the boards is by typing ‘boa’ and then it’s the first link. I probably never specified which protocol in my life, and Chrome is curiously reluctant to divulge this information to me, but I did finally twist its arm enough to admit that - yes, that method is defaulting to https. Also, the current tab has been continuously open in my browser for about a month, so I don’t think that was the problem! But the auto-logout has stopped at the exact same time that my machine has decided the dope’s certificate IS right after all, so that’s indicative of…something. I don’t give too much of a crap about the Borg targetting ads at me, and they’re welcome to deduce I’m a lefty mature-age-student who’s interested in science and music, for what good they can get out of it. Also … lazy 😉 ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/19 "2019-09-21T21:11:44Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > often-hated Sultanstheme. I have no problem with the Sultan. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601/20 "2019-09-21T21:27:22Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I typically use Chrome and have never gotten logged out of the SDMB. > > It does say “not secure”—something about the SDMB using the old http instead of https protocol? Well son-of-a-gun you’re right. A while back, the SDMB forced me off of my old computer by refusing to connect with http, but it’s back again. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-board-y-u-no-remember-me/840601.md?page=2)