How to shut down some annoying aspect of windows security. this is what I am talking about: "NOT SECURE. Your connection to this site isn't secure". How to shut this down.

Thank you. I can surely say with confidence that it is not a Windows issue :)

On the page, there should be a Proceed(unsafe) but if you do not see that option, try this:

On MS Edge, go to edge://settings/privacy/security

Disable the two items I marked with red arrows i.e. secure DNS and force HTTPS.

Hi Finn Harder,

Can you list the make and model of the router, it might not have the later security installed or running on outdated firmware.

This is not a 'problem' and although you may find it annoying, it's really no big deal.

The message is generated by your web browser, and all browsers generate this message whenever the browser cannot create a secure connection to a website.

Your router doesn't run Windows, so it can't communicate with your PC through the operating system. Instead, it uses HTML, because HTML is a common language for creating interfaces understood by all operating systems. HTML runs in a browser, which is why your computer communicates with your router through a web browser.

The link between your computer and your router is not secured because it doesn't need to be, because your computer doesn't communicate with your router over the Internet, so why add on the extra software to secure the connection. But this means that your browser will generate that standard message about not having a secure connection.

That's all it is. Not a problem. Browsers could be coded to avoid generating the message in this circumstance, where it's not needed, but people working with their router's firmware already understand this so why add more code, which gives more things that can go wrong.

Hi Finn,

I always get the same message on all my computers, so, apparently this is a window problem.

This is, in fact, your router's problem, since all of the computer shows the same problem when accessing the router.

TP link explains it here:

https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/2598/

TP-Link's local management uses a self-signed certificate — one not issued by a recognized certificate authority (CA). Browsers flag this automatically, regardless of whether the connection is actually safe. The warning reflects the certificate's origin, not the security of your data.

This is similar to your router.

I hope this information helps. If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to reach out. Wishing you good luck!

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