Recordseek.com - Unsecure website???
I tried my first look at www.recordseek.com.
Tried TWO browsers (Mozilla/Fire Fox AND Google Chrome).
Alert screen popped up on BOTH browsers telling me the site is NOT secure:
"Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead"
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@2008 rj Very unfortunately, many web sites have a URL that only begins with HTTP rather than HTTPS. The "S" stands for "secure." While it's not at all a guarantee of total security, it does indicate that the website is better secured as far as data transferred between your browser and that web site - such as your login credentials (user name and password, for example).
Personally, I have not used recordseek.com, so I don't know if they have a way of using your FamilySearch tree as part of their "assistance" to you, meaning that you'd also have to provide your FamilySearch user name and password, as you would with some other "partner" sites with which FamilySearch has an agreement. As such, I would never provide my login credentials for any other site while on recordseek.com as long as they are not securing their site with encryption as explained above and in the good explanation provided by the Firefox/Mozilla article that pops up with that warning (the difference between HTTP and HTTPS).
The further explanation for recordseek.com's current issue also says that their "certificate" has expired. That's something that assists in verifying the security of a website, and it gives the expiration date of 26 December 2020 - meaning they may simply have let it expire over the holidays (sloppy!), but it may resolve next week with enough complaints, assuming they were previously a secure (HTTPS) website prior to the holidays.
This is another reason to NEVER use the same user name and password combination for two different websites. If it's intercepted as you long into one website (such as recordseek.com currently), it's then available for hackers to try with any other websites you visit. And that's still another reason to ALSO automatically delete your "cookies" every time you close your browser. Personally, I do that frequently during the day by simply closing my browser between sites, and ALWAYS before and after logging into a financial or other sensitive site such as our bank, insurance company, medical insurance and lab reports, etc. Clear those cookies so your internet history isn't "sniffed out" by hackers. (A large amount of internet history and cookies can also lead to other problems with some websites anyway - just another reason to never allow your browser to save cookies on your computer.)
--Chris
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I had that same problem. I believe I clicked on Advanced when that screen popped up and saw way to go to it anyway. Lmk if you can’t get it to work. I use it so much
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I also use RecordSeek a lot (mainly just their Chrome Extension) to attach any website as a source to FSFT. My Windows 10 Chrome also just now experienced the same problem you described. But then I tried it again a minute later, and it worked just fine.
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RecordSeek is an independent site, not connected with FamilySearch. As such, they’ll have to resolve the issue. I suspect it has to do with certification of their site.
Hopefully they’ll take care of this shortly. The important thing on our user end is to make sure the browser we use is current.
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Lately when I try to follow a link that I am sure is safe, I get the same "not a secure" site message. I have learned to go back with the back arrow and try again and EVERY time it takes me to the correct page
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@Pamela Petterborg Ingermanson Assuming it's a message such as what Firefox generates, that's there for your safety. You can also bypass it on the warning page - just be sure you know what site you're going to, and are comfortable that the risk is limited, and also be very careful about the data you enter for that site. If it's not a secure site, your data can be viewed by others without you ever knowing it. Without the HTTPS at the beginning of the URL, you're going to a far less secure site. Your browser will warn you, but then it will still allow you to make the final decision. Make it wisely.
--Chris
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Thank you ALL for your response.
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