The strange case of this Institutional website

Discussion in 'privacy problems' started by Sampei Nihira, Apr 17, 2023.

  1. Sampei Nihira

    Sampei Nihira Registered Member

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    From time to time I like to travel to Castiglione della Pescaia.
    Besides being a beautiful seaside town, it reminds me of the exploits of a compatriot of mine who dedicated his life to adventure:


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrogio_Fogar

    This is what happens with my Edge ( AutomaticHttpsDefault - on - AlwaysUpgrade (2):

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#automatichttpsdefault

    if I visit the web page of the municipality of Castiglione della Pescaia and want to contact the Municipal Police.

    https://comune.castiglionedellapescaia.gr.it/

    You have to click your mouse at the link indicated by the arrow:

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    Privacy error:

    1.jpg

    If I click with the mouse on:

    continue to 93.23.70.215 (not sure)


    2.jpg

    I probably have too many settings changed in Edge to improve privacy/security.

    What happens with Firefox (portable):


    3.jpg

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    Leaving aside the (important) fact that the institutional website should be modified with your browsers do you have similar experience?
     
  2. Sampei Nihira

    Sampei Nihira Registered Member

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    No forum members want to try this test?
    Thanks in advance.
     
  3. xxJackxx

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    No SSL for the site. You can open it without SSL. I'm pretty sure you have to have a hostname to get a certificate.
     
  4. Brummelchen

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    you got it. paranoia modes are not common.

    further - its server side fault to route to an IP page where the cert is no longer valid because it does not match the cert. it should help to inform site admin about such issues.
     
  5. plat

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    Just updated regular Firefox to 112.0.1 and I get a nice clean page (police station) w/no warnings or errors. :thumb:

    It just says:" connection not secure" over the padlock in the address bar but that's it.

    Just tried to upload a screenshot of the page and I can't--"the file is too large." OK so take my word for it. :rolleyes:
     
  6. stapp

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    I see this and it is an http address for me.

    Screenshot 2023-04-18 051611.jpg
     
  7. Sampei Nihira

    Sampei Nihira Registered Member

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    Thank you all guys.:thumb:
    Yes I know there is probably less compatibility,but I prefer it that way.

    @plat

    If you don't enable "always HTTPS" you won't have any "problem" in HTTP websites.
    But you give up a good portion of security/privacy
     
  8. pegas

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    Opera warns that the site is not secure (no https). Ignoring this warning and continuing to the site will cause it to load.
     
  9. Sampei Nihira

    Sampei Nihira Registered Member

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    Try this sequence.
    Enter only:

    94.23.70.215

    I with my Edge reach a web page that has nothing to do with the website.
    So from my point of view it is correct (more protective) behavior of my Edge.

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  10. pegas

    pegas Registered Member

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    Then it goes directly to the site.
     
  11. Sampei Nihira

    Sampei Nihira Registered Member

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    Which website?
    Municipal Police of Castiglione della Pescaia.

    or

    The airplane of dreams
     
  12. pegas

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    Entering 94.23.70.215 goes directly to the Police site.
     
  13. stapp

    stapp Global Moderator

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    Shows this on Edge and Vivaldi
    Screenshot 2023-04-18 084935.jpg
     
  14. anon

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    Edge: (Not Secure) 94.23.70.215 =
     

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  15. pegas

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    And yes, as @stapp posted, Opera also claims the site is not secure.
     
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