We should consider getting rid of the "insecure form submission" 
dialog.  Is the dialog useful for getting users to check for the "lock" 
icon before typing sensitive data, or do they ignore/disable the dialog 
after the first time they do a web search and then forget about the warning?

(Text of dialog: "The information you have entered is to be sent over an 
unencrypted connection and could easily be read by a third party. \n\n 
Are you sure you want to continue sending this information?")

In general, I don't like security dialogs that appear often.  Some users 
leave this dialog enabled, so they're likely to get ready to click 
"Continue" after clicking the submit button on a web form, and not read 
the dialog.  A web site could put up an XPInstall or Signed Script 
dialog when the user expects an insecure form submission dialog, and 
that would be bad.

Could we replace this dialog with a one-time dialog like the password 
manager intro dialog, or change the checkbox to be unchecked the first 
time the user sees the dialog?


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