# SDMB security upgrade set for Wed., 6/17/2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 16, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-security-upgrade-set-for-wed-6-17-2026/1030928 "2026-06-16T01:41:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-security-upgrade-set-for-wed-6-17-2026/1030928/1 "2026-06-16T01:41:55Z")
We’ll be enabling a Content Security Policy (CSP) from Discourse, the hosting service for the Straight Dope Message Board, on Wednesday, 6/17/2026, at 9 a.m. CT. The CSP restricts the ability of ad networks to download code to our site and is intended to prevent attacks by bad actors. We expect this change to be invisible to users and are providing this heads-up just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-security-upgrade-set-for-wed-6-17-2026/1030928/2 "2026-06-16T01:51:27Z")
If there seem to be any problems we see from this somehow, should we report them here or in a Site Feedback thread so that Discourse developers might see them? ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-security-upgrade-set-for-wed-6-17-2026/1030928/3 "2026-06-16T02:15:12Z")
Again, it shouldn’t really affect anything from our end-user side, but if you get some error that appears to reference the above, it would be site feedback. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-security-upgrade-set-for-wed-6-17-2026/1030928/4 "2026-06-16T02:22:25Z")
That is not how Scotty would have done it. You should have said that it would only be a couple of hours, then claim credit and praise when the actual repair happens almost instantaneously. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-security-upgrade-set-for-wed-6-17-2026/1030928/5 "2026-06-16T13:56:42Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Again, it shouldn’t really affect anything from our end-user side, but if you get some error that appears to reference the above, it would be site feedback Presuming, of course, that it doesn’t somehow knock me off the site altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-security-upgrade-set-for-wed-6-17-2026/1030928/6 "2026-06-17T15:18:58Z")
The new security policy has now been enabled. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-security-upgrade-set-for-wed-6-17-2026/1030928/7 "2026-06-17T18:03:41Z")
And I’m still here! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-security-upgrade-set-for-wed-6-17-2026/1030928/8 "2026-06-17T21:35:58Z")
That’s what they want you to think. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-security-upgrade-set-for-wed-6-17-2026/1030928/9 "2026-06-17T21:39:06Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > The new security policy has now been enabled. And it went without any glitch, I have been active on the board for the last 10 hours or so, without any issues. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-security-upgrade-set-for-wed-6-17-2026/1030928/10 "2026-06-18T06:21:14Z")
I often dislike changes like this, but this seems like a really good idea and I haven’t noticed any side effects. Thank you for doing this.