500px.com malicious website warnings

  • Resolved Andy Giesler

    (@blazingmoonorg)


    11 years ago

    I installed FakerPress and went to the Settings page, where I see two fields: one to erase faked data, and one to enter a consumer key.

    When I click the hyperlink “500px Applications” (https://500px.com/settings/applications), Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer all warn me that I shouldn’t visit the site because of a problem with its certificate.

    If I override that security warning, my DNS filter OpenDNS warns me that “OpenDNS has blocked 500px.com as a potentially inappropriate or malicious site.”

    Since I’m the OpenDNS administrator I could override that warning too, but this combination of problems has me concerned enough that I don’t want to visit the site.

    Is something broken?

    https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/fakerpress/

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  • Plugin Author Gustavo Bordoni

    (@bordoni)

    11 years ago

    Currently that is not related to the Plugin, I think it might be something with the HTTPS linking or their certificate is bad for some reason.

    On the next version I will change the linking to mimic the Administration choice of method, HTTP or HTTPS.

    If you try to visit that link without the “https” it gives you the same warning?

    Thanks for the warning.

    Thread Starter Andy Giesler

    (@blazingmoonorg)

    11 years ago

    Thanks for the quick reply.

    It depends on the browser and the network. Some automatically redirect me to https, and for others OpenDNS still warns that it’s an untrustworthy site. But if I use my iPhone over cellular data, I’m able to reach the site with “http”.

    But I think I was confused by the settings screen. When I saw the blank screen with just two options, and one of them asking for a consumer key, I assumed I had to visit the 500px website to get a consumer key before I could use FakerPress. It looks like I can use the app without doing that.

    What is the “consumer key” field for, and how does it relate to 500px.com?

    It might be worth clarifying that briefly on the settings screen, especially since some browsers and content filters have flagged 500px.com as an untrustworthy site. When I saw that problem, my first concern was that FakerPress might be malicious in some way. It would be unfortunate if 500px’s problems ended up making people concerned about your plugin.

    Plugin Author Gustavo Bordoni

    (@bordoni)

    11 years ago

    For sure Andy,

    I will add a warning better description on the 500px section about not been a requirement for the plugin to work.

    The “consumer key” is a information from 500px Apps, it would allow you to use 500px as s source for the randomly picked Images, which allows better experience, because they are real images.

    Thanks for the tip.

    Thread Starter Andy Giesler

    (@blazingmoonorg)

    11 years ago

    Ah! I see now. Thanks for explaining.

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