Following Google’s announcement in Feburary [1], Google Chrome has implemented a decision to mark all non-HTTPS websites as ‘Not Secure’. In its update to Version 68.0 on July 2018, the address bar will show an indication of the security level of every website a user visits:
This change helps to alert users to websites that do not encrypt data inputted by the user, including the domain name of the site visited, passwords, and search queries typed on an unsecure site (Sites using plain HTTP may not be secure). Furthermore, HTTPS encryption also serves to protect websites from intermediary attacks such as malware injections from pop-up advertisements by validating the identity of the data sent between the user and the website using a public key. Find out more about how HTTPS protects the integrity of a website and its users, read Katie’s article on encryption [2] on the Digital Tattoo website!
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Sources / Articles You May Be Interested In
Google Chrome Now Labels HTTP Sites as ‘Not Secure’ – Wired (Soft Paywall)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-https-not-secure-label/
Chrome now marks all unencrypted websites as ‘not secure’ – The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/24/17603126/google-chrome-unencrypted-not-secure
HTTP and your online security – Mozilla Blog
https://blog.mozilla.org/internetcitizen/2017/04/21/https-protect/
Secure your site with HTTPS – Google Support
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6073543?hl=en
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