According to a post on the Google Online Security Blog, beginning in January 2017 Google Chrome will begin flagging all sites that use traditional HTTP rather than HTTPS for passwords or other sensitive information as "insecure". It also indicates that Google plans to eventually start flagging ALL traditional HTTP-only sites as "insecure". While HTTPS has always made sense for truly sensitive information, a pure HTTPS web does have implications for legacy tools - essentially if anyone is not using the absolute latest of one of the "big three" web browsers, they will always potentially be just one security update away from being locked out of the web.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Monday September 12 2016, @02:58PM
How exactly does verifying a cert protect anyone?
Not very much. However, encrypted communications across the internet keeps prying eyes that don't control the endpoints from viewing your traffic.
HTTPS is as much (or more) about encryption as it is about identity.
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