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Is Ipernity secure or not?

People frequently ask whether they can use Ipernity safely.

Short answer is mostly yes. Your login password and all personal settings are secured.

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On other pages you will get browser warning for not secured web site. Recently for example Chrome has started to give even a red alert when you use any input fields (e.g. edit image caption or comment on photos).

But what does it mean?

There is a small possibility someone gets a chance to spy the transaction between your computer and the server, and sees what you have posted. This is a small problem if you are dealing with private images and using Ipernity mail.

Therefore it is strongly recommended not to use private albums, articles and Ipernity mail for anything top-secret. Especially don't send any top-secret information via Ipernity mail! Use your email provider instead.

The risk to become spied increases if and when using public wireless network in some internet cafe, airport or hotel. But again, even then your login and settings are secured.

Unfortunately ima currently has not enough resources (money and developers) to write all code for all pages again, and make the whole web site secure (https).

More to read

Easy Understanding of Web Protocols - HTTP and HTTPS: www.izooto.com/blog/understanding-http-https-protocols
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11 comments

Erika Akire said:

...many thanks Sami...
5 years ago ( translate )

Heidiho said:

Thanks for information, Sami !
5 years ago ( translate )

Esther said:

Now we know. Thanks, Sami.
5 years ago

Sylvain Wiart said:

knowing that to wait more of 3 seconds for an image or another page is unbearable for most of people, how many new members will come here from Flickr or from elsewhere.
If this situation last too long, how many old members will stay here and waste their time waiting images which don't come ?
it is a real problem for Iper !
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Sylvain Wiart:

I totally agree! =/

"Cavalry" has been called to solve the problem, but whether they manage to fix it is different thing... I have understood it is again some server synchronization issue.
5 years ago

Andy Rodker said:

Hi Sami, Sylvain says a 3 second wait. But for me, the whole site has become unusable. Switching between pages (such as from Photos to News) takes 10 minutes or never! It's the same with photos; I can see 3 or 4 one after the other with no problem, the next few take 3-5 seconds between each one then it sticks for good and I have to come right out of the site and go back in again, but even so it usually stays stuck where I was stuck before!
I hope the cavalry can fix it !!!!
Best wishes,
Andy
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Andy Rodker:

Yes, for several times the wait time has been even longer than just for few seconds. Even Christopher Ruelle has been summoned. So, believe me, we all want this solved as soon as possible.

At least something good has occurred as well... The strange layout bug seem to have gone.
5 years ago

Andy Rodker said:

I never noticed a strange layout bug!! But then I am not the most observant of people!
5 years ago

Xata said:

Thanks for the security info, a friend of mine in life who is also here, J.Garcia, told me she had that red alert and asked me for help. I couldn,t as in Mac I did not have that and if I know a lot about how Apple devices work and errors can be fixed I dont have a clue on others systems...
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Xata:

Then please advice J.Garcia to visit here ;-)

I have not yet checked how other browsers behave. And this red alert with Chrome started only recently (1-2 months ago).
5 years ago

Diane Putnam said:

"...mostly yes" is just about the best we can do anywhere on the web these days!
5 years ago