Google Chrome to no longer show secure website indicators:
For years, Google has been making a concerted effort to push websites into using HTTPS to provide a more secure browsing experience.
[...] As most website communication is now secure, Google is testing a new feature that removes the lock icon for secure sites. This feature is available to test in Chrome 93 Beta, and Chrome 94 Canary builds by enabling the 'Omnibox Updated connection security indicators' flag.
With this feature enabled, Google Chrome will only display security indicators when the site is not secure
[...] For businesses who wish to have continued HTTPS security indicators, Google has added an enterprise policy for Chrome 93 named 'LockIconInAddressBarEnabled' that can be used to enable the lock icon again on the address bar.
[...] For those who want to test out the disabling of Chrome security indicators feature, you can enable it in Chrome Beta or Chrome Canary
The linked story provides step-by-step instructions to performs the enabling.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @03:59AM (6 children)
Secure from who? Google?
The word "irony" is dead.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @04:42AM (4 children)
It's "whom."
The word "grammar" is dead.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Tuesday August 03 2021, @12:09PM (2 children)
Take comfort in knowing that the word "pedant" is alive and well.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @08:40PM
It amazes me why people make such a big deal that "whom" is SO complicated and should be dropped. Why aren't we dropping "him" and "her" as well? Why is it if you say "I'll give the money to he", that you are taken for an uneducated rube, but if you say "To whom should I give the money" that you are accused of being some stuffy pedant?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @10:21PM
Achhtually, you mean "pendent" good sir. /s
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday August 03 2021, @01:55PM
Grandma is not dead yet.
Why is it so difficult to break a heroine addiction?
(Score: 2) by inertnet on Tuesday August 03 2021, @07:21AM
Irony was replaced by Chromey.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @07:51AM (3 children)
All the effort the security UX people invested to get normies to pay attention to lock icons is wasted.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @10:24AM (1 child)
All that time and effort training my 78 year old mother "Don't put your credit card in unless the padlock's closed!"
Le sigh expressif.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Tuesday August 03 2021, @12:07PM
Don't complain... I spent forever teaching my mom how to use a mouse and navigate simple Windows menus, and now she's heard of those newfangled "tablet" things. I'm gonna have a field day explaining to her how to copy/paste with her arthritic finger... Again, thanks Google for foisting Android on people who have pre-WWII moms with computer envy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @08:49PM
Since the majority of sites are https, isn't it better for "normies" to see a big red "X" warning them a site is not encrypted? I don't think it is any worse.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @12:22PM (1 child)
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(Score: 4, Funny) by kazzie on Tuesday August 03 2021, @05:46PM
The next version of Google Chrome will no longer show that indication by default.
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Tuesday August 03 2021, @06:25PM (1 child)
Hiding the security indicator would only make sense if HTTPS were the only protocol.
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @08:38PM
There is no WEB; there is only QUIK.
(Score: 2) by jasassin on Tuesday August 03 2021, @08:07PM (1 child)
This is stupid. Please stop the dumbass bullshit Google. I honestly believe Google could fuck up a wet drea.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 04 2021, @03:20AM
This is what you get when the product is managed by a bunch of MBA PM's who's salary depends on "feature count delivered per quarter".
You get useless features being delivered, because the PM needed one more count to make his/her quota for that quarter.
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