KRS Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 In conjunction with the Cybersecurity Awareness Month celebration in October last year, Google shared some statistical data about how HTTPS usage in Chrome increased across different platforms. Since its inception, Chrome traffic encryption efforts have made significant progress that Google now wants to remove the green “Secure” label on HTTPS websites beginning in September once the search giant launches Chrome 69. The goal of the upcoming change to the browser is to give users the idea that the internet is safe by default by eliminating Chrome’s positive security indicators. Here's how the address bar should look like after the new scheme kicks off in September: Emily Schechter, Product Manager for Chrome Security at Google, also announced in a blog post that starting in October the company will mark all HTTP pages with a red “not secure” warning in the event that a user enters data on an HTTP page. The new label will be part of Chrome 70, which is set for release that month. That's in line with the search giant's upcoming plan, announced last February, to show a grey "not secure" warning in the address bar for HTTP pages starting in July when Chrome 68 is set to roll out. Source details < Clic here > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted May 23, 2018 Administrator Share Posted May 23, 2018 I find this idiotic. Just because a lot of internet now uses HTTPS does not mean you remove it. I would rather see a green box telling me a site is secure rather than just think that it is such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archanus Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 17 hours ago, DKT27 said: I find this idiotic. Just because a lot of internet now uses HTTPS does not mean you remove it. I would rather see a green box telling me a site is secure rather than just think that it is such. Totally agree with you bro ... Because, there are a lot of HTTP pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Unfortunately, most of the steps taken by Google is eventually adopted by Mozilla — Firefox too, has lost a number of visually essential features. Fortunately though, in case of Firefox — a knowledgeable User can still still manage to customize and regain lost visuals. My preferred visual aids of personal choice (which have been lost) for verified sites are:— Colorization of the entire Location Bar — not just that piddly and inconspicuous little word trying to state Secure The https:// prefix — not just the address example.com The Padlock Icon The Site Label The Site Favicon The Trailing Slash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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