Shield Icon?
Hello,
As of today, I keep seeing a shield icon pop up whenever I'm on certain pages on Tumblr. I did not see this icon pop up yesterday, nor did I change any settings from yesterday. As such, I have no clue why it would show up today.
This icon only shows up when I am on Tumblr's Dashboard, Queue, Draft, etc pages. It does not show up on Non-Tumblr pages, or when I go on to actual blogs on Tumblr.
I have tried fixing the problem by updating, removing add-ons/plugins, and going into safe mode, but have had no luck.
I find this feature a bit distracting. While everything does seem to work as it should, and it is something I could learn to get used to if nothing can be done about it, I still have some questions:
1) Why is this feature suddenly coming up? I have not had it come up (with such frequency, anyways) before, so why is it coming up now, seeing as I have not made any changes, nor does it seem that Tumblr has made any changes either.
2) Is there any way to disable (or at the very least, make the shield icon not show) this feature without having the orange triangle icon come up?
All Replies (11)
First, please update to Firefox 35. You are running 31 and it is very old and out of date, with dozens of security vulnerabilities. Update Firefox to the latest release
After that, please give us a screenshot of the shield icon.
@Tyler Downer: Here is a screenshot of the icon in question: http://i.imgur.com/eFQTyda.png
@cor-el: I have bookmarked this. However, could you please explain how it works, and what I have to do with it, exactly? (aside from download it, that is)
That is the new mixed content blocker built in Firefox, it's meant to protect you from potentially insecure content. You can adjust the settings using the links above.
@Tyler Downer: Ok, thanks. So in short, I guess there's not much I can do aside from the links, lol.
Is there any way you could explain to me what the last link does? I know it has somewhat of an explanation on the page, but I would just like some clarification on what to do with it...
You get the shield when you are on a secure page that has content coming via an open http connection. You can see what content that is in the Web Console (Firefox/Tools > Web Developer). Mixed content should appear as red text. You can reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to generate the log.
- Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
- Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
- Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)
If there is mixed passive content (e.g. images) coming via an open connection then Firefox shows an exclamation mark instead of "Site Identity Button" (globe/padlock) on the location/address bar.
@cor-el or @Tyler Downer, could you please explain what this link here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggle-mixed-active-content/ (The last link Cor-el posted) does, or what I am supposed to do with it?
That extension is for the case of mixed active content like JavaScript and content in iframes. It allows to temporarily disable the blocking of mixed active content by toggling the security.mixed_content.block_active_content pref. Firefox doesn't block mixed passive content (security.mixed_content.block_display_content is false by default), <strike>so you do not need it for your case and it won't have effect</strike>.
Modified by cor-el
So I probably won't need it for Tumblr-related browsings, then?
Did you check via the Web Console (Firefox/Tools > Web Developer) what content is blocked?
I got confused in my above reply because you see the shield and not the exclamation mark and that means that active content is blocked and the extension would help in that case. But it is always best to check what content is being served via an open connection. There shouldn't be content on a secure https page that comes via an open connection.
Dunno if this is the case on other pages, but here's what I got when I checked the page I am currently on: 1) "Error: Permission denied to access property 'toString'" 2)Blocked loading mixed active content "http://platform.linkedin.com/js/cdoCdxsTest.js?rnd=1-1-13960-0-0-19676-706048186-yySkaMPZea4yaYifcaeqIg0OUUhv0aiW2TAmPGu42TAmPGvaWCdiMa5kfqGben8bgnoeaIcjGidabcIjGicGbfaawGOiabaagaaGacGayafQewLUAxqXlMLHzc5ODI5WCM9Kaaaa"
Here's a screenshot, if it helps you better: http://i.imgur.com/t8oYT1x.png
