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=> Re: "checking if this site connection is secure so frustrating..." | In: u/norayr

It makes me feel like I am doing something wrong. In a weird sense it brings up memories of accesing shady websites, when you are a child, or trying to download a video game from shady websites. The annoying popups on those websites remind me of it.

It is annoying, even more when it forces you to complete a captcha to prodecede.

=> ๐Ÿ›ž Troler

2023-07-23 ยท 2 years ago

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=> ๐Ÿ™ norayr

checking if this site connection is secure so frustrating to see how they describe what is happening, when it is not true. they claim that they make a check for me, for the user, to see if it is safe to connect to that site, by 'checking the connection', if 'it is secure'. while if it's https, and there is this lock, it's secure. what they are actually checking is do i behave like a bot, and am i secure for the website? and they tell me they check if the website is secure for me. i would...

=> ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 comments ยท 2023-07-22 ยท 2 years ago

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