I get this message - 'Safari is using an encrypted connection to www.bbc.co.uk' - popping up very regularly in Safari.
Can anyone tell me how to stop this happening?
Thanks.
Mac Studio, macOS 15.3
Digital certificates and encrypted websites in Safari on Mac
" A certificate, also known as a “digital certificate” or a “public key certificate,” is a file that helps keep web communications secure.
Certificates are issued by trusted organizations, such as VeriSign, Inc. or RSA Security, Inc. When you visit an encrypted website—for example, to do online banking—Safari checks if the site’s certificate is legitimate. If it’s not, Safari warns you.
An encrypted website and Safari work together to encrypt information you exchange with the site. The key used for the encryption is contained in the site’s security certificate. This protects your sign-in information, credit card numbers, addresses, and other secure data.
If you need to connect to a website that requires a personal certificate, you’re provided with a certificate and instructions for installing it.
After it’s installed, you gain authenticated access to the website automatically. If you’re unable to access it, contact the website administrator. "
Actually I do but the user may not like them
If you need to connect to a website that requires a personal certificate, you’re provided with a certificate and instructions for installing it.
After it’s installed, you gain authenticated access to the website automatically.
If you’re unable to access it, contact the website administrator. "
Settings you will have to explore on you own as we do not have direct and physical access
Software / Hardware, maybe
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imacken (Author)
You maybe tried to disable 'Show Certificate' per your screenshot..
..and IF you can do that, the annoying popup notifications should
no longer be an issue. Normally those never automatically appear.
These two bits may (or not) allow you to access this issue directly.
This site never showed ALL posts in this discussion; but now Does!
While I never follow topics such as this, I'm curious now!! (Edited)
Encrypted Connection ?
Do not receive such a message when connecting to your suppled link
Encrypted Connections are also sometimes used by Third Party Security Software and or Commercial VPNS
Neither of which are useful and often create more problems than they are worth
Tested while using Sequoia 15.3.2 and Safari Version 18.3.1
No Commercial VPNs, No Third Party Security Software
Do you have another web browser installed ?
If Yes use that browser to that site
Do you get that annoyance message
To reiterate, I do not get the Popup in Safari 18.3.1 nor in Firefox version 136.0.4
imacken wrote:
Thanks for that.
Until recently, I was using MS Edge and I never saw that message for the BBC site - my home page - or any other.
Seems to be a Safari thing.
" Seems to be a Safari thing. " ?
Guess work with no a real Technical Foundations
Using 1 M2, 1 M3 and 1 M4.
All with Sequoia 15.3.2 and the current Safari and Firefox
Your link www.bbc.co.uk when loaded into Safari or Firefox auto converts to https://www.bbc.com/
Note the domain change from xxx.co.uk to xxx.com
Thanks, I will, but do you have any suggestions about my question, i.e. how can I stop the message popping up regularly? That was/is the topic, not 'Safari is using an encrypted connection'. You took a few words out of context from the topic title.
Thanks again.
That's not the situation, though. It doesn't 'require a personal certificate'. The message I posted above just pops up about once a day, and there are no options. Just a click on 'OK' makes it go away until the next day.
Over many years, I have visited that site - one of the most visited sites on the internet - probably thousands of times on many devices, but it is only since I started using Safari on my new Mac Studio that this issue has arisen. It must be something in my settings.
From MacRumors Forums
Are you using any Safari content-blocker extensions or private browsing features which don't store session history or caches?
And yes these Content Broker extension would show up in the report
FYI >> I do use a Safari Ad Blocker extension and I not use Safari in Privacy Mode
Thanks for that.
I'm not comfortable posting that info here, but I did run the report. There didn't seem to be anything interesting. No reported major errors, a few minor issues (Time Machine not configured, etc.), reports on hardware, software installed, a few high CPU app occurrences, and that's about it.
Edit - no I'm not using any Content Blockers, and I don't I use Private Browsing.
On the Macrumors thread I started - that you linked to - someone has pointed out that if the lock button next to the URL is clicked on, that message comes up. I'm wondering if that might be the answer to this issue.
Never noticed that symbol before.
I'll check to see if I could have clicked on it the next time the message pops up.
Thanks for your help on this.
I am not using any VPN or 3rd Party Security software.
Attached screenshot. Pops up most days!
No need to try !
I just did.
Clicked on the Lock ( meaning the Connection is using https )
This looks like your pop up message - no ?
That's great, but how do I stop this annoying message popping up all the time?
How to stop 'Safari is using an encrypted connection to www.bbc.co.uk' message popping up?
