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[Tone Dumb Greg]

I have suddenly started getting messages saying logins to mel.net are not secure. Has something changed?

[Fred]

logins to mel.net are not secure

Well, judging by the fact that the website you mentioned calls itself "Melbourne Based Business Network" and has "The Mean Kitty Song" linked on it, I'm wondering why you'd assume that it is safe at all? 

Futile attempt to show needless signs of humour aside: my logins work perfectly fine. Maybe clean up your browser cache/cookies. Could be something messed up in there. And always make sure that you're on the correct website, of course. 

[Tone Dumb Greg]

I'm using the same link I've always used.

http://forum.melodeon.net/index.php?action=unread

Wondering if it's because it is http not https?
 It's Firefox that gives me the message. I changed my password to a unique one so it shouldn't matter if it's hacked. Just don't know why it's doing it.

[Tone Dumb Greg]

Added an s to the address. That seems to have sorted it.
Still don't know what changed, though.

[Anahata]

Maybe Firefox updated itself. I think FF and Chrome are both getting gradually more sniffy about unencrypted sites, and where logins and passwords are concerned, it really should be https.

There's no excuse for not uing secure links now we can get it free using Letsencrypt.

[risto]

The 's' in the https means Secure. Google Chrome will gradually hinder access to all URLs not using the encrypted Secure connection. I guess sooner or later the same applies to Firefox and all other recent Browser versions.

[xgx]

Added an s to the address. That seems to have sorted it.
Still don't know what changed, though.

Where did you add the s in the url please?

[vof]

Added an s to the address. That seems to have sorted it.
Still don't know what changed, though.

Where did you add the s in the url please?

Between the p and colon of http:

[xgx]

(...)
Between the p and colon of http:

doesn't work, defaults to 'not secure' in chrome

[Theo]

No point puttin https in melnet urls at present it’s not set up yet.

[Tone Dumb Greg]

No point puttin https in melnet urls at present it’s not set up yet.

Wonder why the cautionary message disappeared when I put the s in? It has, though.

[vof]

I suspect that the differences being seen are due to the different browsers and browser versions in use. Anahata's & risto's comments about the direction of travel over use of secure HTTP are correct and things will only continue to tighten over time. I use Chrome and it seems to be the most demanding of the common browsers in its approach.

[The Blues Viking]

I have suddenly started getting messages saying logins to mel.net are not secure. Has something changed?

I had the same problem just now, logging in from a new(er) computer and an updated browser. - TBV