Problem loading images from googleusercontent 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"



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"



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
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..