Google Chrome names and shames unsecured websites


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 25 Jul 2018

Websites with HTTP connections will have a 'Not Secure' warning displayed on the URL bar.

Google is making good on the pledge it made two years ago to name and shame websites that use unencrypted HTTP connections instead of the more secure encrypted HTTPS connections.

HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol while HTTPS stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure.

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