Unnecessary security warning when search first time
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox (Ubuntu) |
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Wishlist
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David Farning |
Bug Description
Firefox gives unnecessary security warning when search engine is used for the first time.
To reproduce
1) Create a new user (or install a fresh Ubuntu) and log in using that user
2) Applications: Internet: Firefox
3) Type URL: www.google.com
4) Type something in search field: "tero", search
What happens:
A warning dialog pops up: "Security Warning" "The Information you have entered is to be sent over an unencrypted connection..."
What should happen:
No warning dialog should be presented for this common, safe, usual and simple operation.
Showing this unnecessary warning is bad:
- Computer is less ready to use after install
- Long text is confusing to beginners
- Teaches users to press continue to any security related dialog without thinking
- The same operation (submiting search to google) can be performed without warning using the top-right search bar
This is probably controlled by "security.
Suggestion: remove this unnecessary warning.
This warning is shown in most major every browser the first time it is used (I've seen IE and Netscape/ Mozilla/ Firefox warn about this for years). It's a fair warning - the data is unencrypted and CAN be read by someone else. It only ever appears once and I think the fact it is not picked up upon when you use the quick search bar at the top is the real bug...