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posted by mrpg on Friday February 09 2018, @06:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-about-ftp dept.

Google Chrome will begin to mark all HTTP sites as "not secure" starting in July 2018. This is just a warning displayed in the URL bar and won't stop users from loading the pages:

For the past several years, we've moved toward a more secure web by strongly advocating that sites adopt HTTPS encryption. And within the last year, we've also helped users understand that HTTP sites are not secure by gradually marking a larger subset of HTTP pages as "not secure". Beginning in July 2018 with the release of Chrome 68, Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as "not secure".

Also at TechCrunch and The Verge.


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  • (Score: 2) by requerdanos on Saturday February 10 2018, @01:12AM (1 child)

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Saturday February 10 2018, @01:12AM (#635823) Journal

    But there is a reason: generate encrypted traffic so that any other needed encrypted communication is indistinguishable.

    Okay. There isn't a single intrinsic reason, then.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday February 10 2018, @01:39AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday February 10 2018, @01:39AM (#635832) Journal

    But there is a reason: generate encrypted traffic so that any other needed encrypted communication is indistinguishable.

    Okay. There isn't a single intrinsic reason, then.

    True.

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