Mozilla Firefox includes a Mixed Content Blocker. This Mixed Content Blocker is enabled by default and protects users from man-in-the-middle attacks and eavesdroppers on HTTPS pages.
Mozilla classifies Mixed Content into two types – Mixed Active Content like scripts, and Mixed Passive Content like images. The former is considered to be dangerous, as it can alter the behavior of an HTTPS page and steal sensitive data from users – hence it gets blocked by default in Firefox.
Now, whenever your user visits an HTTPS page with blocked Mixed Active Content, you will see a notification with the following message:
Firefox has blocked content that isn’t secure
It will display a shield and offer the following options: Learn More, Keep Blocking, Disable protection on this page and Not now.
Selecting Disable protection on this page will allow Mixed Active Content too, but Firefox may or may not remember your settings, the next time you visit this site. Moreover, if you see this message on your trusted sites often, it may irritate or annoy you, and you may want to disable this default security setting.
Disable Mixed Content in Firefox
To disable mixed content warnings in Firefox on your Windows 8, open Firefox, enter about:config into the address bar and hit Enter.
Using the search box, search for a setting called security.mixed_content.block_active_content.
Once you have found it, double-click on it. Its value will automatically change from True to False.
Restart your Firefox browser.
But mind you, this will make your Firefox browser a little less secure!
TIP: Chrome users may want to find out how to disable Insecure Content.
How do I block mixed content on Firefox?
To block mixed content on Firefox browser, you can use the Configuration Panel. For that, you need to open it first by entering about:config in the address bar. Then, search for the security.mixed_content.block_active_content setting and set the value as True.
How do you stop mixed content?
To stop mixed content in the Mozilla Firefox browser, you can follow this guide. First, open the browser and enter about:config in the address bar. Then, search for the security.mixed_content.block_active_content. If the value is set to false, double-click on it to set it as true.
I hope it helped.
As always a good article thank you.
But why would I disable this feature?
Because it’s irritating to have to click on the green lock icon and push a button, when I”m already using a sandbox and a large hosts file.