Google home page problem..

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  1. Hugger

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    For the past 1 or 2 days I've been getting Google SSL beta on my screen.
    I didn't ask for it and I can't seem to get rid of it either.
    Under the word Google, it gives me a link to classic Google. But the link doesn't work.
    Any suggestions?
    Thanks.
    Hugger
     
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    Hugger, if you are still using Firefox, look in Tools > Options > General Tab. Does it show https://www.google.com?
     
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    Hi, JR.
    No. It's showing 'http://www.google.com/'.
    But the screen shows me the SSL beta.
    Which means I've lost the links on the top right side for stuff like the news.
    Thanks.
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    a lot of sites have recently changed their logons and home pages/domains to https because of that firefox script that could see the authentication token that is passed in the clear once an https session has begun. it meant on a LAN you could take over anyone's facebook/twitter etc session. maybe they made the google search https for the same reason??

    http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/10/firesheep.html
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firesheep
    http://codebutler.github.com/firesheep/

    but you could check any addons you have like customise google or greasemonkey scripts and any userjs you might be using, or http proxyo_O

    edit i found this http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=173733. i haven't read it, but maybe if you block https://encrypted.google.com and https://google.com it might revert to http? whos knows. (i probably should have read the article though before commenting :p)
     
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    iceni60,
    Thanks for trying.
    I'm in over my head with this stuff but have been trying different combs.
    However, the browser keeps going to encrypted mode no matter what I do with it.
    I'll keep digging around.
    Thanks.
    Hugger
     
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    SOLVED.
    I had installed HTTPS-Everywhere, an add-on for Firefox to prevent the problem of seeing the authentication token.
    What I didn't realize was that HTTPS-Everywhere locked me into encryption mode. Which is a good thing when you want to be extra safe.
    Thanks to both of you.
    Hugger
     
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    Aha! Great info to know, Hugger. :thumb: Thanks for posting the solution. Take care.
     
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