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Home page connection is not secure

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Viewed home page over 3,000 times. Suddenly connection is not secure. Why won't Firefox upload it?

Viewed home page over 3,000 times. Suddenly connection is not secure. Why won't Firefox upload it?

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Please provide public (no password) link(s) that we can check out. No Personal Information Please !

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Are you accessing this home page via an open HTTP connection>

Firefox 51+ will mark HTTP connections with a padlock with a strike through and shows "Connection is Not Secure" if you click the Control Center 'i' button at the left end of the location/address bar.

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.
You can press the ESC key to close a doorhanger with a warning message in the name and password field.

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You can disable the warning that opens when you type in a name/password field by setting this pref to false.

  • security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled = false

You can remove the warning in the location bar by setting this pref to false on the about:config page.

  • security.insecure_password.ui.enabled = false

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.