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Can I create a browser within a website?
I own some websites and do some web development work. However I'm trying to create a method whereby I can create a web page on my server that I can use to surf other websites. There's several ...
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Why does my browser think that https://1.1.1.1 is secure?
When I visit https://1.1.1.1, any web browser I use considers the URL to be secure.
This is what Google Chrome shows:
Normally, when I try to visit an HTTPS site via its IP address, I get a security ...
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Chrome showing insecure for a website. But other browsers show secured
I am trying to open an internet banking website in Chrome.
Chrome is showing me that the website is insecure:
But if I try using another browser like Safari it shows as secure:
I checked with my ...
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How to determine if my web browser is safe?
Based on my question here the sole answerer suggests that it is unsafe to use Firefox 48.0.2 on my XP system, and am unable to update further.
I am surprised to learn that, why am I easily allowed to ...
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Avoiding from browser security warning about untrusted certificates in on-premise app
My company has an on-premise web application. Each customer has it own environment installation.
Each time a user connects to the webapp (https://10.0.1.2 or https://10.0.2.2) the browser identify ...
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Any Browser I use fail to show google maps elements
By default I am using Vivaldi browser.
On Vivaldi, when I go to maps.google.com, I can't see many regular widgets. For example the Street view man icon, and others.
I also can see there the search ...
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How can I browse a site with broken encryption (SSL/TLS), when I'm not concerned with security?
It often happens that I just want to browse some website, but the site has broken encryption (like an invalid certificate, an expired certificate, a CA
that is down and so on) and the browser refuses ...
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Epiphany gives insecure message on valid, secure site
When I visit this site, https://stream1.fxxy.net/, in Google Chrome or Firefox I am connected and see that it's recognized as a secure site with a valid security certificate verified by COMODO RSA ...
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How to run java applets on a local webpage?
I'm trying to access a local HTML page that contains a Java applet on my Windows machine with Firefox. I'm aware of the security implications, so I don't need a lecture about that. The page is from a ...
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Routing certain Internet traffic through browser based VPN or private browser like Epic
There are some free VPNs that only secure browser traffic (so not really a VPN but they say they are a VPN, it's just semantics), but that do not secure traffic from other programs. As of right now, I ...
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If a browser can modify local files, won't that create big security hazard?
Some Youtube download plugin for Firefox will actually download the video track and sound track separately (as 2 separate files), and then upon finish, it will merge the 2 files into 1 file.
So it ...
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How easy is it for a hacker to access your webcam when you browse the internet?
Lately I've been reading about the “Dark Web” (Tor's network, not the “Deep Web”). Although I seem to have forgotten where it was, I was reading some blog post that said something like this:
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CORS Policy enforced on some networks
I have been noticing an issue when using my work computer to access some websites, mainly ones with embedded maps like Open Street Maps or Bing (does not seem to affect Google Maps). My colleagues ...
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Is there a minimal browser specifically designed to prevent drive-by malware?
After my father's PC (with Avast and Firefox configured to auto-update in the background) got infected, most probably via a drive-by download, by a ransomware, I was wondering how I could prevent that ...
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Chrome Incognito: Make Default Browser
I know that I can make Google Chrome start in incognito mode by adding "-incognito" in a shortcut. However, if I click on a link in Outlook or a word processor, for example, the link will still open ...
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Privacy solution for Browser-Sync [closed]
I want to sync my browser bookmarks all over my devices. Now Im thinking about security/privacy topics. There are a lot of articles out there which explains which browser using which method to sync ...
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How does adware infection work in Firefox, and how to get rid of it? [duplicate]
For the last few weeks I've had the following happening, using Windows 8.1 and Firefox V44. The only active add-ons are Adblock Plus, Flashblock and Norton Identity Safe:
First, Norton Internet ...
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firefox doesn't open google or gmail
Recently I have encountered problems with firefox opening google and gmail. Since firefox is one of my favorite browsers I'd like to fix it. It was working quite well till yesterday. I managed to ...
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It it possible for a MitM attacker to know when a browser has gone into incognito mode?
This may be better suited to security, but since it's about a specific feature of software, I thought I'd ask here.
Lets say that I am viewing a website, and I open a tab in incognito mode (unless ...
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How can I export the javascript whitelist from Google Chrome?
For security reasons I have Javascript disable in Chrome and I use a whitelist of my "trusted" sites. So If I'm surfing the web and I visit a site that is trusted to me then I add it to that list. ...
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Iframe on bottom of every page
I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, however I can't think of any other place where I can find answer to this.
I have noticed, this weird iframe on bottom of quite a few ...
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best practice procedure for browser use on unsecured WiFi
At this posted question is the advice
you need to always check that the SSL connection shows up green in your address bar and/or manually double-check that the certificate is valid when using ...
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Are there any security or performance implications of changing the user-agent in a browser?
I am working on a production issue which only occurs in IE10 and not in chrome/Firefox. If I change the IE10's user-agent (F12) to Mozilla Firefox it works.
I need to debug the app. layer to find ...
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Chrome complains about HSTS
As of April 13, navigating to Facebook returns a giant red padlock with a NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID response. Like, a really big padlock.
The error message seemed descriptive enough, so I pulled up ...
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How does Trusteer Rapport install itself in all my browsers?
Like so many people, I am forced to install Trusteer Rapport to use the online platform of my bank. I ran the installer and now Trusteer Rapport is installed in all my browsers: Internet Explorer, ...
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What functionality would I lose if I disable browser-based Java?
I am reading that disabling Java—not JavaScript—will make my computer safer form malicious software attacks. All indications are that it will indeed make it safer, but there are no real reasons out ...
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What is browser fingerprinting and why should I want to avoid it?
What is browser-fingerprinting and why shoould I want to avoid it?
If that is related, I am already using adblock and do-not-track.
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Can YouTube safety mode be configured to survive a browser history clear?
I turned on YouTube's safety mode and set it to "Lock this Browser". Despite the text I found on Google's support site, the lock does not seem to work:
Safety mode is enabled on a browser ...
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How do mail clients vs. using a web browser compare in terms of security and vulnerabilities?
I have multiple email accounts from different providers: gmail, yahoo, etc. as well as more secure, privacy-minded services that use heavier encryption. Right now I access them all through a web ...
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Java blocks applet on whitelisted site
On the webpage http://smbus.org/faq/crc8Applet.htm there is an applet for demonstrating the calculation of an 8-bit cyclic redundancy check. Java in Chrome and IE on MSWin7 will not allow this to run.
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