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Subject: "Site not secure" message

Posted by: WesleyCrusher
Date: Aug 29 18

Fellow FunTrivia members,

there has recently been some concern about the "Site not secure" message that shows up in some browsers, particularly Google Chrome, when loading FunTrivia.

This message just means that your connection is not encrypted - which is not a significant risk in the context of playing trivia.

An unencrypted connection means that theoretically, an attacker who has access to any of the network components located between you and FunTrivia could read and/or modify the data being sent - an attack that requires some significant effort. While this ability could obviously cause some significant harm when the data you send is critical - payments, purchases or important private data - it does not allow an attacker to do anything else. Putting this into a FunTrivia context means that someone could read or change your quiz answers or a message.

I should however point out that this also applies to the login data you send, which includes your password. This could cause some indirect issues if you use the same login data on other, sensitive sites.

We strongly recommend that you

- do not use the same password you use on FunTrivia on any important site. Don't use it for your online banking, Ebay, amazon or your Facebook account. (It's fine to use the same password on other purely recreational sites that pose no risk)
- do not post anything about yourself on FunTrivia that you would not be comfortable seeing printed in a newspaper.

While it is planned to convert the site to encrypted connections, this is not a simple task and could have some unwanted side effects; as such Terry will not rush this conversion. In the meantime, rest assured that if you follow the above two recommendations (which are good practice regardless and should be followed on all sites), there is no danger to you or your data.

Wes