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Forum will no longer display insecure images

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A small change was done on the forum so that insecure images will no longer be displayed for most visitors. This avoids the mixed content warning visitors' web browsers would otherwise give them if an image in the topic they were viewing used a insecure HTTP link instead of a secure HTTPS link. This should mostly affect old topics as most image hosting websites these days use secure links.

Notably this change only works on standards compliant web browsers. Internet Explorer, and possibly very old versions of other web browsers, is unaffected by this change and will still display insecure images.

As a test I've added an insecure image of the Earth below this line. It shouldn't be displayed unless using a web browser that isn't standards compliant.
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that kills all images I post on my FTP site to forum.
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Spearmint2 wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 8:19 pm that kills all images I post on my FTP site to forum.
Oh well.

https://imgbb.com/
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catweazel wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 8:57 pm
Spearmint2 wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 8:19 pm that kills all images I post on my FTP site to forum.
Oh well.

https://imgbb.com/
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Spearmint2 wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 8:19 pmthat kills all images I post on my FTP site to forum.
Do you use that a lot? I can understand wanting to retain control over your images. You can of course post the link to an image on your FTP site. You just can't use it inside the img or rimg tags here. If you use it a lot and don't want to go the imgbb.com route I'd suggest to set up web server and use https://letsencrypt.org/ to register, and automate installation and updating, of a HTTPS certificate.
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Good measure. A small discomfort, but it helps to build confidence in the security of the Linux Mint ecosystem. :)
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xenopeek wrote: Fri May 25, 2018 1:51 am
Spearmint2 wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 8:19 pmthat kills all images I post on my FTP site to forum.
Do you use that a lot? I can understand wanting to retain control over your images. You can of course post the link to an image on your FTP site.
Yes, link is what I use on another forum I frequent after they went to https images only. I may set SSL or TLS up on my server account someday, been too lazy to do it yet. I don't understand the purpose of going https for images.
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Spearmint2 wrote: Fri May 25, 2018 9:47 am ... I don't understand the purpose of going https for images.
it makes a full HTTPS website be in mixed mode (http/https) causing it to be less secure and have the ability for third party trackers to piggyback on these http links. same concept as using https everywhere addon
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Spearmint2 wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 8:19 pm that kills all images I post on my FTP site to forum.
Can you use SFTP or FTPS? And, if so, would that work (for purposes of this discussion)?

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MtnDewManiac wrote: Fri May 25, 2018 6:58 pm
Spearmint2 wrote: Thu May 24, 2018 8:19 pm that kills all images I post on my FTP site to forum.
Can you use SFTP or FTPS? And, if so, would that work (for purposes of this discussion)?

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just checked, and www.imgur.com is https

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imgur is both http/https so when posting here you have to make sure the s in https is there otherwise you will get the image holder only
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but shouldn't the link also be disabled?
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trytip wrote: Fri May 25, 2018 11:18 pm imgur is both http/https so when posting here you have to make sure the s in https is there otherwise you will get the image holder only
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but shouldn't the link also be disabled?
They probably forgot to use the 301 area in their DNS to aim all http requests to https instead. It allows older http links to still work, supposedly, not tried it myself. Chrome 68 will label all http pages as "unsecure" and block them.
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Really I'm as compassionate as the next person, but do we need to worry about the emotional state ("insecure") of images! :D

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mwbworld wrote: Sat May 26, 2018 8:42 am Really I'm as compassionate as the next person, but do we need to worry about the emotional state ("insecure") of images! :D
I'm the next person and I'm much more compassionate than you.

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tee hee, har de har har...

those images are so emotional.... :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/p29LZvD.jpg

when I do a "copy Image location", the https: seems to be there most of the time for me.

that link is of my LTE modem which is going on a trip with me tomorrow, we are cruising down the highways with our Toy Hauler trailer, so our two doggies get to be with us....
they just really freak out if we disappear for too long a time, so I can't imagine what state they would be in if they did not see us for 30 days?

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my LTE WiFi sit's next to my Laptop :D
& Her LTE WiFi sit's next to her Laptop.

and in our Motorhome - they can all be travelling with us.
:mrgreen:
and there is an smallish square-wave inverter that will power ONE Laptop & ONE WiFi connection,
- - don't need anything bigger, in capacity, even though there is two auxiliary batteries, available for use.
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Pierre wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:44 am my LTE WiFi sit's next to my Laptop :D
& Her LTE WiFi sit's next to her Laptop.

and in our Motorhome - they can all be travelling with us.
:mrgreen:
and there is an smallish square-wave inverter that will power ONE Laptop & ONE WiFi connection,
- - don't need anything bigger, in capacity, even though there is two auxiliary batteries, available for use.
yeah, I bought a little one too, 200W peak, 100W continuous....
does the job. I didn't trust a Square Wave inverter, so bought the "modified" sinewave model, was terribly expensive, $17.98
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Ummm - you're right, it's actually the "modified" sinewave model - 150w / 300 peak & it cost $49 .. ..
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xenopeek wrote:A small change was done on the forum so that insecure images will no longer be displayed for most visitors
This is nice but less off importance than a safe link when uploads are available, they are still offered through an insecure link,what are we going to do about that. :?:

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