# Why does Firefos think the SDMB are not secure?

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**Created:** [July 13, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-firefos-think-the-sdmb-are-not-secure/791187 "2017-07-13T18:32:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-firefos-think-the-sdmb-are-not-secure/791187/6 "2017-07-13T19:43:25Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> Just remove the “s” from the URL you are linking to. This thread should be
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830963](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830963)
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> While
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> [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830963](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830963)
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> will give the error.

That’s not the error the OP is talking about.

Newer versions of Firefox and Chrome bitch because we have a login box on the page and we don’t use https. In the nearly two decades that the SDMB has been around it’s never been a problem, but newer browsers are pushing for better security.

It’s not that big of a deal.

On Firefox, you can disable it by going into about:config (you’ll have to google the exact setting, I don’t remember it off the top of my head), but that enables or disables it everywhere. I don’t think it is possible to enable/disable it on a site by site basis in Firefox.

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