Problem loading images from googleusercontent

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Recently switched from Chrome to Firefox Quantum and noticed that images from *.googleusercontent.com aren't loading because "The connection used to fetch the resource was not secure"

Images from lh3.googleusercontent.com not loading

If I attempt to load the image directly, Firefox gives "Unable to connect" and checking site info it shows that the "Connection is not secure"

Loading a single image also has same problem

Tried to fix the problem in Firefox by restarting in Safe-Mode and also "Refresh Firefox", unfortunately problem still exists.

Safari has the same problem (insecure connection). Everything works fine in Chrome.

Version details

  • Firefox: v65.0.1 (and previously v63.0.3)
  • Safari: v12.0.2
  • Chrome: v70.0.3538.110
  • MacOS: Mojave v10.14.2

Best Answer

On whim, decided to check my /etc/hosts file and noticed I had the following entry: 127.0.0.1 googlehosted.l.googleusercontent.com

After removing it, the images now load as expected.

Interesting that Chrome still worked despite that entry..

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