If you get a security warning about my website, there’s a mostly bogus reason.

A few readers have contacted me over the past few months with concerns about “certificate” security warnings on my site. I think this one is typical (and I think most of those contacting me are using G***** Chrome).

You get that warning because I don’t have a certificate for HTTPS. And Chrome simply assumes anyone who doesn’t have a certificate is a criminal.

I don’t have a certificate because it costs money; money that I don’t have. I use a free web hosting services. Getting a certificate means switching to one their paid plans, then springing for the cert. If people would prefer not seeing that cert warning, please chip in for hosting and certificate expenses. (That does not apply to the handful of generous people who have been helping with my monthly Internet bill.)

While some bloggers seem to rake in donations by pontificating upon the woes and angst of their daily lives, I generally don’t do that; for a few reasons.

1. While aspects of my life are probably a little unusual compared to the average American, I never figured they were particularly interesting.

2. I like some semblance of my shreds of remaining privacy. If I litter the Internet with personal details, it’s gone.

3. While I am not interesting, I think I can share interesting or useful data and analysis. So that’s what I generally do.

There are reasons, based on principled choices I made, that I’m generally skating on the edge of broke. My choices; so I have no reason to whine about it, and you don’t want to hear me whine anyway.

On the other hand, I people want to hit the tip jar to hear so they can hear about walking away from decades in telecom, or publishers with odd ideas on payment, why I thought supporting an RKBA group was really important, and all the rest… Well, it does seem to work for a couple of bloggers I know. If massive sums start appearing in my PayPal account, I guess I could start.

If you found this post useful, please consider dropping something in my tip jar. I could really use the money, what with ISP bills, rabbit feed, and general life expenses.Click here to donate via PayPal.

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2A advocate, writer, firearms policy & law analyst, general observer of pre-apocalyptic American life.

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