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Facebook security error !!

23 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/facebook-security-error.148177/

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Suhail Malik Original post #1
Oct 30, 2011 at 3:31 PM
Hey there guys i am using facebook for over 3 years but however since last week, im getting an error or something like that in Chrome as :

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-D9OS4hLYVKY/Tq0ferkRydI/AAAAAAAAACE/_4mPY-RBk-s/s616/Untitled.png

and if i press "Load Anyway" button, the https is removed as:

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KqnGzGomHNg/Tq0fhiR-CcI/AAAAAAAAACM/esBZXpAnkVM/s577/Untitled2.png

Is this thing alright?
mithun_mrg
Oct 31, 2011 at 4:08 PM
because recently facebook has enabled the HTTPS (SSL) protocol and by default it is disabled u may have enabled it u can configure it from account settings>accountsecurity
coolpcguy
Oct 31, 2011 at 4:23 PM
Couple of things:

- If a page is delivered via https, Chrome now doesn't load any files which are not being served via https & shows a warning
- Facebook is serving some files over a plain http connection when you're logged in via https

Hence Chrome is asking if you want to enable the insecure content (by insecure: it means the files being delivered over http instead of https - it need not mean that the contents are actually insecure).

It _should_ be fine, if you're not certain, just check via view-source which are the insure contents
dashing.sujay
Oct 31, 2011 at 8:03 PM
because recently facebook has enabled the HTTPS (SSL) protocol and by default it is disabled u may have enabled it u can configure it from account settings>accountsecurity

On what basis did you said that? I had activated https mode through account settings more than a month ago, but getting this error just from today. :-?
mithun_mrg
Nov 1, 2011 at 9:01 AM
^^You're browsing with an invalid SSL certificate. That means the data you send and receive is being encrypted, but Chrome can't be sure the other party is who they say they are beasuse the security certificate isn't installed in ur computer

When you first come across a site / certificate with this problem Chrome will ask you if you want to continue. You have chosen to continue and ignored the warning then that error will occur
dashing.sujay
Nov 1, 2011 at 9:21 AM
But why wasn't it occuring previously, and why only on fb?
mithun_mrg
Nov 1, 2011 at 9:54 AM
its not only on Fb it will occur on any https site whose security certificate is not verified or installed in ur pc read this u will know why the error occurs
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error1 by mithun_mrg, on Flickr
dead.night7
Nov 2, 2011 at 4:59 PM
Check you date and time settings ;) make sure are they correct
dashing.sujay
Nov 2, 2011 at 5:01 PM
They're fine. Once chrome gave me this warning even on google :-o
coolpcguy
coolpcguy #10
Nov 2, 2011 at 5:34 PM
^^You're browsing with an invalid SSL certificate.

No - if he were to browse with an invalid certi, he'd run into the error posted by you.

This is because as I mentioned:

Some contents being delivered over an insecure line on an mostly secure page.
dashing.sujay
Nov 2, 2011 at 5:47 PM
No - if he were to browse with an invalid certi, he'd run into the error posted by you.

This is because as I mentioned:

Some contents being delivered over an insecure line on an mostly secure page.

Same! Google defines it with same reason.
Vyom
Vyom #12
Nov 2, 2011 at 11:29 PM
It happens with me on Chromium too. But I choose Don't Load.
Doesn't look any different when I let load anyway...
dashing.sujay
Nov 2, 2011 at 11:40 PM
Doesn't look any different when I let load anyway...

It just doesn't loads the "insecure" content delivered via https connection. And that's not viewable by naked eye :p
Vyom
Vyom #14
Nov 3, 2011 at 12:07 AM
^^ Yeah, and that's why it doesn't matter what we select. So to be safe, I think, best would be to, select "Don't Load"!
dashing.sujay
Nov 3, 2011 at 12:08 AM
^^To be more safe, I start using Mozilla :p :D
Vyom
Vyom #16
Nov 3, 2011 at 12:10 AM
^^ So you think, Chrome / Chromium is less safe then Mozilla! :|
Anyway, to stop our pursuit with the off-topic posts, I won't argue.
dashing.sujay
Nov 3, 2011 at 12:31 AM
Yep, personal exp + (intuition)! :p
coolpcguy
coolpcguy #18
Nov 3, 2011 at 10:33 AM
:facepalm:

(PS: Firefox doesn't block insecure content by default, that's why you don't get that message).
Vyom
Vyom #19
Nov 3, 2011 at 10:43 AM
^^ Replace '*' with ':' in your post. :-D
dashing.sujay
Nov 3, 2011 at 1:20 PM
:facepalm:

(PS: Firefox doesn't block insecure content by default, that's why you don't get that message).

Thnx for telling, I didn't know that. But does that conclude that chrome is safer?
coolpcguy
coolpcguy #21
Nov 3, 2011 at 2:07 PM
It just doesn't loads the "insecure" content delivered via https connection. And that's not viewable by naked eye :p

More often than not, most insecure content are genelly js files which serve ads or handle analytics.

Thnx for telling, I didn't know that. But does that conclude that chrome is safer?

There is no conclusion, so-to-speak. Vulnerabilities exist in most browsers, but considering Google's bug bounty, Chrome's sandbox model - I do think Chrome might be the safest of the lot.
dead.night7
Nov 13, 2011 at 7:37 PM
They're fine. Once chrome gave me this warning even on google :-o

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dashing.sujay
Nov 15, 2011 at 10:51 PM
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I know about this, and this wasn't the problem with me. BTW my problem got solved after I reinstalled Chrome.