frugal_dave
Confused about dryer sheets
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Google chrome lists the web site as Not Secure??
Everything should be HTTPS these days. There is no good reason for them not to be.
Yes, the Portal page uses HTTPS, but when it links to other pages on this site HTTPS is gone and we are back to 'Connetion is not Secure'. I am using FireFox with the HTTPS Everywhere add-on.
Do you have a reference to something that gave you that idea? I've never heard that tracking was improved with TLS protocol. Google does offer JavaScript code that any web site may choose to add to their pages the purpose of which is to gather metrics. I suppose the data from those might be more trustworthy if over a secure connection. Of course Google gives those metrics to the web site owner, but also probably finds a way to make money off it. Anyway, I just wondered how adding encryption would give the Google any more benefit.Must be something in this for Google. As https leaves as meta data a trail of secure connections I figure it permits Google to track individual users more easily.
I don't want to get into a debate, but I've hear pretty good arguments from security knowledgeable people that don't think every web site should necessarily migrate to https.
Everything should be HTTPS these days. There is no good reason for them not to be.
One must be careful, often pages that are HTTPS will open links to other pages that are not HTTPS. It's a minefield out there.
I go to https://early-retirement.org and it logs me in and is still https
I just noticed 'not secure' and tried your link. It drops the https and brings me back to not secure. (Chrome user)
This only works on your saved links edited to use https. As soon as you click on another er.org link you are back to http and the “Not Secure” warning.If you visit https://www.early-retirement.org (note the HTTPS) that warning should go away.
http and https are basically the same thing, except that https uses an encrypted connection - S is for "secure".
Google is on a crusade to get the web to switch over to https and it starting to report http sites are "Not Secure".
Frankly, for a site like www.early-retirement.org it's rather unimportant, but google thinks otherwise. And google is apparently in charge now.
To fix this "problem" change your bookmarks to use the https form of the URL and chrome should shut up.