Chrome Will Remove Secure Label On HTTPS Sites From September

The Chrome browser"s upcoming versions will focus on highlighting its negative security indicators, even going as far as sunsetting its positive ones.


Chrome Security Product Manager Emily Schechter has announced in a blog post that Chrome 69, which will be available in September, will stop marking HTTPS sites as "Secure" on the address bar. Why? Well, because Google wants the default state to be secure.


Emily Schechter, explained that the company is now comfortable making this move as a large chunk of Chrome"s traffic is now via HTTPS.


Since most traffic is HTTPS anyway, it"s not necessary to draw the user"s attention to the "Secure" indicator anymore.

Instead, Chrome will focus on highlighting situations when the user is accessing an insecure HTTP website. That"s why, Google will be marking all HTTP sites as "Not Secure" starting with Chrome 68, set for release in July.

Although, the “Secure” indicator in Google’s UI was never really good idea. Even if it was well-intentioned, because its proposed as a way to incentivise switching to HTTPS, it has instead made phishing websites more effective by adding a “secure” label in the address bar despite the site’s nefarious nature. And now it seems that Google has gotten enough buy-in to remove the indicator, which should help deal a blow to phishers the world over.


Google has been pushing the web to HTTPS for years, but it accelerated its efforts last year by making changes to Chrome’s user interface. Chrome 56, released in January 2017, and started marking HTTP pages that collect passwords or credit cards as “Not secure.” Chrome 62, released in October 2017, and started marking HTTP sites with entered data and all HTTP sites viewed in Incognito mode as “Not secure.”


With the release of Chrome 68 in July, here is what HTTP sites will look like in the address bar:


From the image of how the new UI will look, it shows that Google has also eliminated the protocol at the beginning of the URL. It used to start with “https://…,” which now be omitted.


With the release of Chrome 69 in September, HTTPS sites will no longer sport the “Secure” wording:


The new neutral UI, explains an extended validation what will only the kind of SSL certificate that will receive any kind of indicator. The removal will start in Chrome 70, which will be released in October, where Google will begin adding a more intense “Not Secure” indicator whenever you start entering text into an HTTP page.


Mozilla and the other browser vendors   likely follow suit in the coming months. - https://www.techbooky.com/chrome-not-secure-removal/

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How is Technology Changing Our Definition of What It Means to Be a Human?

Image
The addition of the technology in the life of the humans has affected their lives in more ways than humans can imagine. Now the humans find it hard to even imagine their lives without the existence of the technology. Spectrum Plans are loved by the majority of the residents of the United States because of the good and consistent quality at affordable rates. Where the use of the technology has changed many things about the humans, the public is wondering how the addition of the technology in everyday life of the humans has changed the definition of humans. The debate has been going on different social media platforms for a long time now. Here are some highlights of this hot debate. Connection and Freedom of the Speech With the help of the social media platforms, the majority of the individuals are connected to each other now even if they are living hundreds of miles away. The connection provides humans a chance to speak and share their ideologies and beliefs openly in front of the world
Read more

Microsoft Improves Office 365 Device Limits For Subscribers

Image
Microsoft’s Office 365 service has been a great deal for a long time, and it’s eventually getting better— Soon, Office 365 Home will let six users install an unlimited number of Office applications. In an announcement , recently made by Microsoft, currently the improvement for Office 365 users in which the Office 365 Home allows up to five users but now, what’s new is that Microsoft is raising this limit to six, so each Office 365 Home account gets an additional user. Office 365 is essentially a Microsoft Office subscription. While the family plan, named Office 365 Home, costs $100 per year. For that price, five (soon six) people can install the latest versions of Microsoft Office on their PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones. Each person gets 1TB of OneDrive storage too. Microsoft has made a few account changes that are taking effect immediately. After signing up for Office 365, all user accounts in your Microsoft Family will be automatically given access. You can manage your subscription
Read more

Instagram Adds Emoji Shortcuts For Quicker Comments

Image
If you can"t post comments without tossing in at least one emoji to make your feelings clear, you"ll be glad to know that Instagram has your back. After months of testing, Instagram has introduced an emoji shortcut bar on Android and iOS that offers quick access to your most-used icons when wading into a post"s comments. You won"t have to sift through your phone keyboard emoji selection when you want to send someone a heart touching emoji or tell them their new look is fire. The new shortcut bar is available in a post"s comments section. While typing a comment, you will be shown the set of your most-used emoji. Only the most-used emoji will be available in the shortcut bar. If you want to use a new emoji, you will have to sift through the keyboard manually. Now, you will also have new Superzoom effects to add to your Instagram stories. The new set includes a heart-filled fog with music, paparazzi camera flashes, fire with rock music in the background, a big re
Read more