docs.google.com blocked ?

[______]

Why is the direct link from ( docs.google.com ) blocked by Steam, this is only happening today.
Has Google become a scam company ?
I hope Steam will solve the problem and return the situation to the way it was pls

>>> http://docs.google.com has been flagged as being potentially malicious. For your safety, Steam will not open this URL in your web browser. The site could contain malicious content or be known for stealing user credentials. <<<

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Don't use the Steam browser. Problem solved.

[______]

If a friend of mine sends me a docs, I have to copy and paste it into the browser instead of pressing it directly, it's annoying.
We deal with docs on a daily basis

[B-o-B]

What part of gaming platform are you having trouble with?
Install the Google app and be done with it.

[blunus]

Don't bother thinking the Steam browser as a "real browser".
Really just use a real browser and open tab with Google docs link.

[______]

Guys I am not looking for solutions.
I am discussing, I would like to know why it was (docs) flagged as malicious site !!

[blunus]

I never had issues while playing Darksiders 3 for checking stats, locations, etc.

Seems like it's Steam's fault, not Google's.

Again, you want to view them? Use a real browser.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by M2M89M:

Guys I am not looking for solutions.
I am discussing, I would like to know why it was (docs) flagged as malicious site !!

All people can do is speculate, but since nobody here actually works for Valve, nobody will be able to give you a definitive answer to that. And no, people from Valve don't actually post here.

It's likely an error. In the meantime, use the solutions presented.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

I see the problem to this, and yea it's weird why they label that as potentially malicious.

There no issue viewing the site if you just copy, and paste it into the broswer, but it's an issue when clicking on the link, which I assume going through the filtering system on Steam before going to the site. https://imgur.com/hzvuykd

[IFIYGD]

Likely because it is http:// instead of https://. Http: urls are considered to be less secure than https:// urls, because https:// is encrypted, while http:// is not.

Do a simple internet search "http vs. https": https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/why-is-http-not-secure/
It's a basic security issue, and there are a thousand different opinions on whether it matters or not. Steam and Cloudflare tend to mark http links as not-secure, so they will not redirect to them, and will issue a warning about potential security issues.

[my new friend]

Just a test.

https://docs.google.com

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Likely because it is http:// instead of https://. Http: urls are considered to be less secure than https:// urls, because https:// is encrypted, while http:// is not.

Do a simple internet search "http vs. https": https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/why-is-http-not-secure/
It's a basic security issue, and there are a thousand different opinions on whether it matters or not. Steam and Cloudflare tend to mark http links as not-secure, so they will not redirect to them, and will issue a warning about potential security issues.

Nope.

[IFIYGD]

Originally posted by M2M89M:

>>> http://docs.google.com has been flagged as being potentially malicious. For your safety, Steam will not open this URL in your web browser. The site could contain malicious content or be known for stealing user credentials. <<<

Originally posted by my new friend:

Just a test.

https://docs.google.com

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Likely because it is http:// instead of https://. Http: urls are considered to be less secure than https:// urls, because https:// is encrypted, while http:// is not.

Do a simple internet search "http vs. https": https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/why-is-http-not-secure/
It's a basic security issue, and there are a thousand different opinions on whether it matters or not. Steam and Cloudflare tend to mark http links as not-secure, so they will not redirect to them, and will issue a warning about potential security issues.

Nope.

Yep. the link they are showing in the OP is clearly an http link, not an https link.
Did you even read the OP?

[my new friend]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Originally posted by my new friend:

Just a test.


Nope.

Yep. the link they are showing in the OP is clearly an http link, not an https link.
Did you even read the OP?

Did you read my post where I added the s to the link as a test? Go ahead and click on it. Tell me if anything different happens.

[Reggaejunkiedrew]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Likely because it is http:// instead of https://. Http: urls are considered to be less secure than https:// urls, because https:// is encrypted, while http:// is not.

Do a simple internet search "http vs. https": https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/why-is-http-not-secure/
It's a basic security issue, and there are a thousand different opinions on whether it matters or not. Steam and Cloudflare tend to mark http links as not-secure, so they will not redirect to them, and will issue a warning about potential security issues.

Pretty much any site using ssl will have any traffic that hits port 80 immediately redirect to 443 anyway. It only shows as http in Steam because it hasn't hit the server yet and had a chance to redirect it, but that's normal and expected.

http://google.com
http://drive.google.com

[IFIYGD]

Originally posted by my new friend:

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Yep. the link they are showing in the OP is clearly an http link, not an https link.
Did you even read the OP?

Did you read my post where I added the s to the link as a test? Go ahead and click on it. Tell me if anything different happens.

Adding an "s" at the end for your test has nothing to do with the url the OP posted as having generated the error and blocked link. Test on the exact link the OP is saying caused the error, not one you altered for your test. Http will be blocked, https usually will not. It's a pretty simple thing. Test the given link, not the one you altered for the test.

[Reggaejunkiedrew]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Originally posted by my new friend:

Did you read my post where I added the s to the link as a test? Go ahead and click on it. Tell me if anything different happens.

Adding an "s" at the end for your test has nothing to do with the url the OP posted as having generated the error and blocked link. Test on the exact link the OP is saying caused the error, not one you altered for your test. Http will be blocked, https usually will not. It's a pretty simple thing. Test the given link, not the one you altered for the test.

You have no idea what you are talking about. This has zero to do with https. Again, sites that use https will almost always redirect their traffic, as valve is aware of and expects, hence why http links are NOT blocked which you'd figure out for yourself if you spent 30 seconds testing it instead of going on about things you don't understand.