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If the encryption is not strong enough or the certificate cannot be validated, the browser does not proceed to the site and an error page is displayed. When you open a website that is meant to be secure, your browser first verifies that the certificate it presents is valid and the encryption is solid enough to protect your privacy. It is especially important for the protection of confidential transactions on banking and online shopping websites.Ĭhrome and Firefox browsers come with a list of certificate authorities preinstalled in their software. Https shows that data exchange between your browser and the website is encrypted and cannot be hijacked by hackers.

The URL of a secure website begins with HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure). Before we go ahead to explain how this can be fixed, you first need to understand why you are seeing it. While trying to access a website, you are faced with an error page that says, “Your connection is not secure”.
