Website security problem?

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

When I visit this site using Firefox 116.0.3 on Linux Mint it is flagged as an insecure site.  I get the following message:

“Your connection is not private. Information you submit can be viewed by others (like passwords, messages, credit cards, etc.).” together with one telling me to delete cookies and data!

If I switch to Chromium browser it tells me the connection is secure.

Something strange is going on.

Russell

P.S. In Firefox the line with links for new topic and follow are missing.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

[vic neweyParticipant @vicnewey60017]

My old website from years ago is HTTP as are countless millions of others, if I wanted to convert it to HTTPS I have to buy an SSL certificate which can be expensive and has to be renewed every year apparently.

[peak4Participant @peak4]

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

Thanks for the explanations all.

I have just restarted my computer and the problem on Firefox has gone.  I suspect the problem was on a specific forum page that I had visited and then Firefox remembered it for all pages on the site.

Russell

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Comforting to see that NetCraft rates this site Low Risk

https://sitereport.netcraft.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmodel-engineer.co.uk

… largely attributable to CloudFlare, I presume

MichaelG.

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Edit: __ sucuri was not permitted to scan the site, and is therefore more cautious about it:

https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/https/model-engineer.co.uk

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