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Logging in to this site
Recently the latest versions of Firefox have been warning me of possible risks of logging in to this site. Is this specific to Firefox, or is that the only browser that actually detects a potential problem. The issue seems to relate to sending passwords over an insecure channel.
Is this something we have been living with for a while, or do I need to do something else in order to log in?
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I've never had that. Looks like it is Firefox related.
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Here is the info file from Firefox - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...urce=inproductOriginally Posted by walpurgis
Is it just that Firefox is taking more care of us all, and we're not actually any safer with other browsers, or is there some other technical reason and this is really Firefox specific?
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it might be the way its looking for an https instead of the more usual http. i use firefox mostly and have not had it ever.
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
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I also get this warning with Firefox so I just make sure that my AOS password is not used for any other sites, therefore very little risk if it is stolen.
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yeah thought it might be the https bit. We had this before. Beachwoods will maybe comment next time he is on.
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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I guess many people can live with this, but people who will be particularly vulnerable will be those who use the same password for all sites, including sites particularly important to them, such as their bank account and credit card sites, and maybe other confidential sites.
Indeed it might be worth having some sites with slightly laxer security, so that we can tell that our browers are warning us correctly, otherwise if all the sites upgrade to HTTPS for password entry, then we won't know that the browsers are checking or not.
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I'm Grant.
if you have a robust password then you will have no problems i think
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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I'm Dave.
It doesn't matter how "robust" your password is if a hacker can actually read it. There's a low probability here, as a hacker would have to intercept the data stream as the password was sent across and capture it, but there are people out there with equipment and determination to do just that. They don't even have to capture the password in a fraction of a second, but could grab a great chunk of data traffic, then analyse it later to gather passwords. They would probably use automatic tools for that. Also, while a single hacker might not be able to do very much, groups of hackers could work in collaboration.
Whether for non critical sites (I'm assuming AoS is one such - do I really care if anyone knows what CDs I like, whether I have any vinyl, what my cartridge preferences are etc.?) hackers could build up information which they would consider useful and use against me or us collectively I don't know.
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It's a definite risk to your bank balance 😁
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