This Site Is "Not Secure." Does That Bother You?

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That's right. If you are using Chrome as a browser, you will see a little "i" with a circle around it right before the URL on this page. It will also happen on Firefox. Click it and see what happens. I discovered 70 cookies and the "Not Secure" message. Would this keep you from using this site? Or any other site with the same message? I have only checked in these two browsers, but I'm guessing all of them have this information. The reason I ask is that I have not yet secured my blogs. I am the only user and I don't sell anything where I collect payments from my site. Yet Google will show that message to anyone who visits my sites. Would that scare you away? Why haven't I secured it? Because it is expensive to get a security certificate and I don't ask anyone for personal information and I don't ask people to log in with a password. I also have links that would all have to be changed to https addresses for many of my images formerly linked to http addresses to load. Most of them are Zazzle images made with Easy Product Display before EPD updated its links a few weeks ago. It would be a huge expenditure of time and money to make my sites secure in the eyes of whatever powers decide these things, and before I do it, I'd like to know how much difference it makes to ordinary people who just want to read and comment -- not buy anything -- at a site. Since you are all using this site, insecure or not, I'm guessing it doesn't make much difference to you. How much difference would seeing the "Not secure" message make to you on a blog or another site you've not visited before? I only check this if I'm entering personal or financial information not already publically available online elsewhere, like profile information.