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Keep getting message that site is not secure Is happening at home AND work computers. What gives?

Mar 20, 2017 at 11:08:23 PM
Commander Santa (178)
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As the title states, when I go to log in now on Nintendoage I am getting a message from my computers that the site is no longer secure.

Also, the icon at the top left of the page (that used to be a green lock) is now either a grey key with an exclaimation mark, or a lock with a red "no smoking sign" around it.

Is this happening to anyone else, or are all of my computers comprimised in some way?

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Mar 20, 2017 at 11:50:14 PM
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Mine shows the grey circle with an i (for information) and also says it's not secure. When I open the html code, it just says rektrektrektrektrekt over and over again   (that last part is a joke, the first sentence is not...)

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Mar 21, 2017 at 12:09:12 AM
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I'm going to guess that your browser updated, and is starting to warn against HTTP-only sites. I think Google Chrome threatened to start doing this.

Mar 21, 2017 at 12:30:42 AM
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Says because the connection between you and Nintendoage is insecure/unecrypted otherwise if NA used HTTPS instead then you wouldn't have that message pop out.

Mar 21, 2017 at 12:42:59 AM
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I'm seeing the same issue in Firefox as well.

Mar 21, 2017 at 1:16:34 AM
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These kind of warnings will now show on any site that doesn't use HTTPS - https://arstechnica.co.uk/informa...


Edited: 03/21/2017 at 01:17 AM by Olly

Mar 21, 2017 at 6:45:40 AM
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I've been getting an insecure login message on Firefox as well since the latest update.

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Mar 21, 2017 at 8:19:49 AM
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Originally posted by: barrelsAndRivets

I'm going to guess that your browser updated, and is starting to warn against HTTP-only sites. I think Google Chrome threatened to start doing this.



I first noticed it on my laptop with the last Firefox update and I literally just noticed it in Google Chrome on my phone as well. I'm not tech savvy at all so I'm not really sure what HTTP/HTTPS means or what the differences are.

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Mar 21, 2017 at 9:57:37 AM
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HTTP is the normal way your computer and a server exchange info. A website's data is transmitted unencrypted in "plaintext," as well as all of your activity on that site. With the advent of public internet connections and WiFi, this means peers and other people can snoop your traffic including usernames and passwords. The S in HTTPS is for "secure" because it creates an encrypted tunnel between your computer and the website. A snoop can still see what servers your are communicating with and when, but the content of the intercepted data will be all gibberish.


Edited: 03/21/2017 at 09:58 AM by CZroe

Mar 21, 2017 at 9:58:33 AM
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You have been infected with the REKT virus. Your computer will soon be annhiliated.

Mar 21, 2017 at 10:00:51 AM
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Originally posted by: gutsman004

You have been infected with the REKT virus. Your computer will soon be annhiliated.

Format C:<y

*whew*

Hopefully I got it fast enough!
 

Mar 21, 2017 at 10:04:26 AM
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Originally posted by: CZroe
 
Originally posted by: gutsman004

You have been infected with the REKT virus. Your computer will soon be annhiliated.

Format C:
*whew*

Hopefully I got it fast enough!
 


Hehe.