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Make7

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3. Your link does go to a donate page, but IT IS NOT ENCRYPTED.

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 03:14 PM

Jan 2013

You are basically sending people to a page where it asks for their name and credit card information, but does not encrypt that data for security. If they enter their information and hit submit, they are sending personal/financial data over an unencrypted web connection. That is never, ever a good idea.

That's why I provided code that you can very easily copy and paste into your OP to fix the issue of sending people to an unsecured donation page. How long can it take to just copy and paste the fix into the OP? Fifteen seconds? Isn't that time well spent to prevent the possibility of people unknowingly entering credit card info and submitting it from an unencrypted webpage?

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Anybody not familiar with Reader Supported News? [View all] Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 OP

Could you update that donate link? It doesn't go to a secure page. Make7 Jan 2013 #1

Funny-it still works for me. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #2

Your link does go to a donate page, but IT IS NOT ENCRYPTED. Make7 Jan 2013 #3

Sorry, I didn't notice the encryption issue. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #4

https:// links are secure - there is an issue with how the DU3 software handles secure links. Make7 Jan 2013 #5

Yes, it looked secure when I posted it, and I didn't look closely at what showed up Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #6