Try this FR page and see what you get: https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/
(It is an https: page).
I thought I saw a post to the effect that that problem had been addressed.
But, in any case, it's only relevant to the donation page, not to FR as a whole.
Unless FR as whole is going HTTPS.
It replies: “Your connection is not secure, your connection may be hacked.”
Is it really that hard to maintain a web site in this day and age?
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