Firefox gets complaint for labeling unencrypted login page insecure

Posted by BernardSwiss on Mar 21, 2017 3:44 PM EDT
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The operator of a website that accepts subscriber logins only over unencrypted HTTP pages has taken to Mozilla's Bugzilla bug-reporting service to complain that the Firefox browser is warning that the page isn't suitable for the transmission of passwords.

"Your notice of insecure password and/or log-in automatically appearing on the log-in for my website, Oil and Gas International, is not wanted and was put there without our permission, Please remove it immediately. We have our own security system, and it has never been breached in more than 15 years. Your notice is causing concern by our subscribers and is detrimental to our business."

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just because you haven't seen anyone break into your site... mbaehrlxer 5 2,641 Mar 22, 2017 3:25 PM

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