[Bug 94322] Don't show warnings for non-dangerous HTTPS situations

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

(Originally part of bug 94224.)

A new Firefox profile shows confirmation alerts related to situations
that are either well-known or not dangerous. This is counterproductive,
because it further encourages people to ignore confirmation alerts even
in situations that *are* dangerous. And it provides a poor first-time
experience for people browsing the Web, particularly since many Ubuntu-
related sites are served over HTTPS.

The situations are:
* entering an HTTPS area (pref("security.warn_entering_secure.show_once", true);)
* leaving an HTTPS area (pref("security.warn_leaving_secure.show_once", true);)
* submitting an insecure form, e.g. doing a Web search
(pref("security.warn_submit_insecure.show_once", true);).

In the upstream bug report there is a patch setting these prefs to false
for new profiles, but for some reason it hasn't been applied.

** Affects: firefox (upstream)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown
** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #341472
   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341472

** Also affects: firefox (upstream) via
   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341472
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Don't show warnings for non-dangerous HTTPS situations
https://launchpad.net/bugs/94322