if I go to an HTTPS site and it has a reader option, this is shown. it happens on every site. thoughts?
Android Firefox
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Did you check the system clock for accuracy?
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/pull/16545
Reader mode loads the page from a local copy cached from the non-reader mode connection; via localhost, which doesn’t support https. (or rather, uses a self-signed cert which appears insecure). As this connection is entirely internal to the device, proper https isn’t necessary.
Later versions of the app will hide that icon in reader mode, but it doesn’t look like that’s made it to android yet.
There’s a ticket in the Firefox bug tracker that appears to be tracking this: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1913601
Makes sense, because even in reader mode it shows https, and the issue happens on other major sites like Wikipedia.
Check your time and date.
Apparently it’s because it’s using a self signed certificate, but I’m having trouble finding exact sources that confirm this.
“connection is not secure”
you can “enable in all tabs” “HTTPS-Only mode”, if that bothers you. iirc it’s not on by default, which permits to fallback on HTTP
?
edit : i see, reader is not online, i believe. It’s an in browser rendering of the site.
So what’s the problem according to FF?
browsing the site: “connection is secure” https cert signed by whoever
browsing the reader option: “connection is not secure”