SLURLs embedded in web pages are "http" not "https" and can now fail
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North Crannock
Copy SLURL gives you a URL starting "http://maps.secondlife..." where to bring it up in a browser web page it needs "https://maps.secondlife....."
We use web pages with embedded SLURLs and these have started to fail in browsers, by bringing up the security page Redirect Notice since the links are only http and not https as seen here https://gyazo.com/a1125cbe3a843aa3d55c6f8b07612b41 .
I understand the SLURLs were developed before https was even around, but since in-world both http and https work on SLURLs can the back-end be changed to just give us https links when we do a "Copy SLURL"
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Holocluck Henly
How about adding *.secondlife.com as permitted according to Internet Options (Windows/Control Panel) and to all your web browsers as an exception (all OSes)? There are plenty of innoccuous websites out there and - while it never hurts to use precaution in general - not all of them are sitting on secure servers nor possess any coding on the backend to require the investment. Telling your system you know the site and aren't worried will suppress the warnings.
This can at least serve as a band-aid.
Dan Linden
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Dan Linden
Thank you for the report, North!
Issue tracked at https://github.com/secondlife/viewer/issues/5086. We have no estimate when it may be implemented. Please see future updates here.
DarkNess Bloodstone
We're in an age where online security is paramount. Using the secure protocol link really SHOULD BE THE DEFAULT. There have been browser add-ons for years that fetch and load HTTPS links when it detects that one is available, but not everyone uses or can install those add-ons.
Dragon Pawtato
I have always used google calender with SLURLS embedded to scheduled events and click on slurl it direct you to SL maps for teleport to region location.... now there is a redirect popup as North Crannock mentioned above which is here that i get as well https://gyazo.com/cb92cb9fc234c40a7e2e286023c79634 , and it seems a hit or miss getting a redirect page because at times it directs me to google maps instead of SL maps as seen here https://gyazo.com/ab9b5686c65c2960860a807928d09f97