when I try to sign into my New Yorker acc't a notice pops up from you that the site is insecure, called and they said have old version of firefox; what to do?
Trying to login, notice from FF says New Yorker site is not secure. I called them. Rep said it happened to her and she had to update her FF browser version or try a different one............what to do? thx.
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This is most likely because they are using insecure communication - HTTP instead of HTTPS (S at the end stands for Secure(d)) . Secured pages would display also a green lock icon at the address bar. When you transmit data over insecure connections it is possible for your password to be intercepted along the way (hence why it's insecure).
Previous browsers let you do that without a warning. The latest versions add the warning. That's all the difference.
If the site you are using offers a secure version then try that. Generally speaking you would change the URL to start from "http://...." to "https://...." (adding an 's' before the ':' symbol). If there is no HTTPS version of that site then there isn't much you can do, you can continue using it the old way if you want and just be aware of the warning.
See also:
- https://blog.mozilla.org/tanvi/2016/01/28/no-more-passwords-over-http-please/
- https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2017/01/20/communicating-the-dangers-of-non-secure-http/
- http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/google-chrome-and-mozilla-firefox-will-now-mark-unencrypted-connections-as-not-secure-359598.html
Note that this message is meant as a warning that you could be vulnerable and that it won't prevent (block) you from accessing the website.
If necessary then press the ESC key to close a doorhanger with a warning message.