Craig Baldwin Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 One of the few websites in my bookmarked sites that shows this on Firefox in the address bar. Anyone have an explanation for the padlock symbol with the red cross through it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Tapsell Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 A secure website (typically those that are used for financial transactions for example - online retailers) are generally prefixed with 'https' rather than plain 'http'. It means the data is held more securely and the protection protocols are set to a higher standard. Some forums also use an https protocol - others don't. Hyperscale does for example but Armorama doesn't, to use two other well-known forum sites. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 John is correct. It means the website is not using the https ("s" for secure) protocols and is instead using the older plain http. There has been a push for websites to move to https. I believe there are now more sites using https than http. It just adds a layer of security by adding a layer of encryption to the data stream. This prevents many types of attacks on the data stream. If a website offers both http and https, most browsers will now default to https. For websites like ARC I don't think it matters that much, but if you connect to a financial (banking) or online store and it is not using https, especially when checking out or viewing account info, I would think twice about using them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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