Marty_d Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Times are fine here too, but I have a different problem when accessing the site on my phone - keeps coming up with an "invalid certificate" error and wants me to return to "safety". (I know some of the opinions on here may be a bit dodgy, but unsafe?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Do you resemble an INVALID? Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 When I am on my desktop, times are fine. On my ipad, times are terrible. I canuse other sites no worries on the ipad, so I don't think it is the ipad... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Marty_d said: Times are fine here too, but I have a different problem when accessing the site on my phone - keeps coming up with an "invalid certificate" error and wants me to return to "safety". (I know some of the opinions on here may be a bit dodgy, but unsafe?) Marty, I wonder if it's an issue with your browser. If the site's SSL certificate was expired, we all should be getting the error message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Same here. Very slow on the iPad, good on the phone and computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) I very rarely access this site from my phone, only the desktop - and I've had no access problems to the site. I have noticed the internet slowing up on regular occasions recently, though - and I put that down to, (A) increased phone useage over the holiday period, and (B) increased transaction levels via mobile devices, as people spend their holiday monies/gift cards, etc. You can do a download/upload speed test via a number of test sites, just to see if your connection speed is the problem. A lot of internet providers promise faster speeds than they can deliver - and some providers throttle back your internet speeds on certain plans, if you exceed a set level of use. I have an unlimited internet plan. https://www.google.com/search?q=download%2Fupload+speed+test&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 If you're having a security certificate problem, it may be due to your AV programme being too sensitive. You can often readjust AV settings for sensitivity, or exclude "trusted" sites from AV rejection. Edited January 6, 2023 by onetrack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 fast.com will give you an interne speed. Right now mine is 69 Mbps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) That's a pretty good speed. Are you on full NBN? We only have FTTC, the line from the footpath to the house is still copper and we have an optical fibre/copper gateway in a pit on the footpath. I'm only getting 53 Mbps. Interestingly, NBN recently sent us a flyer, saying we'd be much better off getting full fibre, and there are a number of installers who can do that for us. It looks like a lot of others with FTTC might be grumbling about slower speeds than expected. Edited January 7, 2023 by onetrack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 We're on MBN and fast.com says our speed is only 12Mpbs. That sounds pretty poor, although our connection speed seems OK. Maybe a case of what you don't have you don't miss? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, rgmwa said: our speed is only 12Mpbs. That sounds pretty poor Did you let it run to the end? Jumps about a bit but settles on a figure, possibly an average. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Yes, ran it a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I fixed the slow iPad. There is a jigsaw puzzle symbol called manage extensions in the top window. I removed a payment extension. All good now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I don't have the payment extension (not that I can see, anyway.. I use Firefox on the ipad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 This site has got bad recently. Sometimes I've logged out and logged back in again to regain control. It's like waiting on a large movie spooling, the little wheel thingy going round and round and round and.........Doesn't happen on other sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 No problem here Peter, I'd have to say something like tracking is interfering with your access to the site. You know, the old story - you click on a website address, and you watch as the address in the URL redirects you to one or more tracking/advertising/whatever-they-do-with-our-info, sites - and the little wheel spins, while all the redirects to those sites you never gave permission to, to access your computer, are carried out - before you can finally access your desired website. Get Ghostery (free programme) and be frightened by the amount of tracking on you from most websites. The best part is, Ghostery blocks all the unnecessary ones. Facebook is the worst, they track you even when you aren't logged into Facebook. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I got the odd speed hiccup on the desktop and laptop as well... I have Macafee extension switched on, but it doesn't seem to affect other sites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Well there's ya problem Jerry. You got the Mcafee virus. That's sure to slow a PC down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 The story is that MacAfee produced a range of viruses, and set them loose on the WWW, so he could sell more MacAfee AV programmes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 A few years back they blamed Ukraine for a lot of viruses. Is that still the case? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I've never heard of Ukraine being a source of viruses, but Russia is full of State-tolerated scammers. Putins mob are quite happy to let their scammers scam the rest of the world, but if they try to scam Russians, they'll be locked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 08/01/2023 at 5:19 PM, onetrack said: Facebook is the worst, they track you even when you aren't logged into Facebook. Would that only be if you haven't deleted cookies? I don't have much problem with tracking, as far as I can see. The browser blocks a lot of it, plus I have a dynamic IP with my server, and I run a couple of cleaners every time before I shut down. In that way, the next boot is fairly clean with a fresh IP, and all temp files, cookies etc gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Yes, if you delete cookies on shutdown, that prevents tracking when you start up again. It pays to do a regular delete of cookies and temporary internet files. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted June 14, 2023 Author Share Posted June 14, 2023 I can access the site and log in on the laptop ok, but this morning the Android phone was blocking access saying the site's security certificates were invalid. Tried with a proxy, but it couldn't get past that double log in glitch the site has with some systems. Just wondering whether the website's security certificates have expired. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 No problem this end, Willie - but I don't access the site from my phone, only my desktop or laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 I've noticed that too Willie - from my android phone. Most of the time I get that "Unsafe" message on Social Australia, I just click "advanced" then "proceed to Social Australia (unsafe)". It's a pain, but I never get it on the PC. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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