Question about logging in

[Steve Ashton]

X Marks uses the HTTP data transfer protocol and not the HTTPS encrypted data transfer protocol.

What the HTTPS does is encrypt the data as it is transmitted between computers. It does not effect either computer on either end.

The security of X Marks is the same and the security of your home computer is the same.

Where the HTTPS protocol is needed the most are sites which ask you for credit card numbers, bank account numbers or personal information like your home address or telephone number.
On-line banking needs the added encryption of data as it passes between computers.

The most sensitive information X Marks deals with is your X Marks password. If you use a unique password for X Marks, that is different from the one you use elsewhere, I am confidant that your registration here is secure.

This message is a new one that is only showing up after your browsers update. All it is telling you is that X Marks uses HTTP instead of HTTPS.

The security of X Marks is unchanged and the security of your home computer is unchanged.