For more information, see the Unblock mixed content section below. To see if Firefox has blocked parts of the page that are not secure, click the padlock. : YouвЂ™ll see a gray padlock when you are on a fully secure (HTTPS) page.See Enhanced Tracking Protection in Firefox for desktop for more information. Note: The shield icon in the address bar tells you which trackers have been blocked on a website. For more information about mixed content (active and passive), see this blog post. The page you are visiting is only partially encrypted and even though it appears to be secure, it isn't. When an HTTPS page has HTTP content, we call that content вЂњmixedвЂќ. However, if the HTTPS page you visit includes HTTP content, the HTTP portion can be read or modified by attackers, even though the main page is served over HTTPS. This means that your connection is authenticated and encrypted, and thus safeguarded from both eavesdroppers and man-in-the-middle attacks. When you visit a page fully transmitted over HTTPS, such as your bank, you'll see a padlock icon in the address bar (for details, see How do I tell if my connection to a website is secure?). Most websites are served over HTTP because they don't involve passing sensitive information back and forth and do not need to be secured. HTTP is not secure, so when you visit a page served over HTTP, your connection is open for eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks.

HTTP is a system for transmitting information from a web server to your browser. What is mixed content and what are the risks? 2.2 Mixed content is not blocked: not secure.2 How can I tell if a page has mixed content?.

1 What is mixed content and what are the risks?.

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