Non secure site

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Originally Posted by Fit

Hey Greybeezer. I would consider myself not very technology or IT minded so I appreciate you taking the time to explain.

I'll keep on enjoying the site as I have done for many years.

Yes, you can just ignore the warning.

What the browser is telling you is that data sent between this forum and your computer is not encrypted. No big deal, unless you're connecting via a public unsecured wireless network, but I think those are extremely rare these days (if they exist at all).

If you are using wireless networks you don't trust, you can use a VPN, such as ExpressVPN, to provide encryption.

The reason this site doesn't use HTTPS (the "S" stands for "Secure") but plain old HTTP is that we are running very old software here, and it is not easy to make it work with modern HTTPS certificate solutions.

In the 15 years this forum has existed, it has never been an issue, so I personally don't worry about it.