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 Author: CanadaFirst View Messages Posted By CanadaFirst
 Posted: Aug 17, 2022 15:57
 Subject: HTTPS / Security issues
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 Topic: Technical Issues
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CanadaFirst (32045)

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I have seen posts about this but haven't seen an official response.

Perhaps there is one and I just missed it.

A few times a day, actually quite a fex, when loading Bricklink on different
platforms, be it a desktop computer or a phone, we get an error message saying
that there is an issue with page privacy or page security or https or some such.
Of course, now that I want to get it to not load so I can copy the error message,
it loads perfectly.

This happens in Chrome and in Firefox. On different devices, at different times.

There are a few employees here and every so often we'll hear someone say
'expletive deleted, Bricklink is expletive deleted again, does it work for
you?'

Someone was over here for an unrelated reason, I went to show them our shop and
it didn't load, I got the error message instead.

Now, longtime users of the site will know to try again later but someone new
will likely get the error, click away and look somewhere else.

Not a great look.

Please, admins, please, confirm that this is known and being looked into.
 Author: CanadaFirst View Messages Posted By CanadaFirst
 Posted: Aug 17, 2022 16:02
 Subject: Re: HTTPS / Security issues
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Just for clarification, it appears to happen when trying to load store related
things, like the shop page itself, inventory and so on. For instance, I'll
notice that I actually have more of a part than the inventory says I do so I'll
try to load up the inventory on my phone and I get an error.

Or I'll be at my desk and go to check my feedback profile and error message.
ETC.
 Author: wildchicken13 View Messages Posted By wildchicken13
 Posted: Aug 17, 2022 16:05
 Subject: Re: HTTPS / Security issues
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wildchicken13 (876)

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This also happens for me on other sites. It could be due to your network, your
browser, or the website itself. Typically, the page loads within a few seconds.
 Author: CanadaFirst View Messages Posted By CanadaFirst
 Posted: Aug 17, 2022 16:28
 Subject: Re: HTTPS / Security issues
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In Technical Issues, wildchicken13 writes:
  This also happens for me on other sites. It could be due to your network, your
browser, or the website itself. Typically, the page loads within a few seconds.

At the moment I can't replicate it for some reason but it says that it's
on the server side in the error.
 Author: wildchicken13 View Messages Posted By wildchicken13
 Posted: Aug 17, 2022 17:08
 Subject: Re: HTTPS / Security issues
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In Technical Issues, CanadaFirst writes:
  At the moment I can't replicate it for some reason but it says that it's
on the server side in the error.

Web browsers say a lot of things that simply aren't true. BrickLink definitely
does support HTTPS. It's most likely a network issue.