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Reactivating security warnings in Firefox 4.0

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Hello all,

Tools -> Options -> Security used to have an option to select which security warnings would be shown. I'd like to deactivate some of them temporarily, but I have not been able to find a way to reactivate them in Firefox 4.0 (specifically "You are about to submit information which is not encrypted") since upgrading

I don't want to deactivate them without being confident that I can reactivate them, and until that happens, some things are taking a lot longer to finish than is necessary

Help please?

Hello all, Tools -> Options -> Security used to have an option to select which security warnings would be shown. I'd like to deactivate some of them temporarily, but I have not been able to find a way to reactivate them in Firefox 4.0 (specifically "You are about to submit information which is not encrypted") since upgrading I don't want to deactivate them without being confident that I can reactivate them, and until that happens, some things are taking a lot longer to finish than is necessary Help please?

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You can reset the security.warn* prefs on the about:config page if they are bold (user set) via the right-click context menu.

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Isisombululo esiKhethiweyo

You can reset the security.warn* prefs on the about:config page if they are bold (user set) via the right-click context menu.

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Typing "about:config" got me there. Thanks!

However, I must respectfully ask why Mozilla felt the need to hide such things?

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That was a consequence of this bug:

  • Bug 513166 – Remove "Warning Messages" settings button from Preferences --> Security