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My android phone is throwing security exceptions when I connect to Freerepublic.com, saying that the certs expired within the last day.

Currently seeing a "Your connection to this site is not secure message. You should not enter any sensitive information on this site"

Hi JimRob and company- The security certificate for FR, so we can browse in HTTPS mode, expired at 5PM today. Please get a new certificate ASAP so that we know we're securely connected!

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