David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Sat, 21 May 2011 08:30:33 -0400, ASCII <me2@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>>
>>> I went back to HP to see what's available now and hey-ho, lookee here:-
>>> https://h30187.www3.hp.com/security/...f2ac22b235f454
>>>
>
>> I enabled the security alert in Opera v11.01
>> http://oi51.tinypic.com/1440dhe.jpg
>> yet still didn't get any popup
>
> It isn't a pop-up, nor is it related to the fraud/malware check.
>
> First, install the security update for opera, 11.11.
>
> Go to the above site. Note that you do not see a green or yellow padlock.
>
> Where the padlock should be, it just shows a gray circle in front of
> the word Web, in front of the url in the address bar.
>
> Click on that gray circle, and then click on details, to see the
> warning.
>
> The site fails because it has lines such as
> src="http://www.hp.com/country/js/hpweb_syn_con.js
>
> Loading javascript from an unencrypted site stops the site from being
> considered to be a secure connection.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>

At last, someone who *really* knows about such matters!

I'd quite forgotten exactly *how* I had captured that screenshot!

Thanks for posting, Mr Hodgins.

Would you expect a huge firm like HP to produce a site which generates
'errors' of this nature?

Seems odd to me!

<aside> I was very surprised when, 5+ years ago, I opened lots of MS
Windows files - using Notepad - and discovered that my computer/HP 1215
PSC was sending messages back home to HP to advise HP of *my* use of
*my* printer! I wasn't too pleased about that! ;-)