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Google Chrome to no longer show secure website indicators
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<blockquote data-quote="Tutman" data-source="post: 953622" data-attributes="member: 87079"><p>Google Chrome will no longer show whether a site you are visiting is secure and only show when you visit an insecure website.</p><p>For years, Google has been making a concerted effort to push websites into using HTTPS to provide a more secure browsing experience.</p><p>To further push web developers into only using HTTPS on their sites, Google introduced the protocol as a ranking factor. Those not hosting a secure site got a potentially minor hit in their Google search results rankings.</p><p>It has appeared to have worked as according to the 'HTTPS encryption on the web' of Google's Transparency Report, over 90% of all browser connections in Google Chrome currently use an HTTPS connection.</p><p></p><p>Currently, when you visit a secure site, Google Chrome will display a little locked icon indicating that your communication with the site is encrypted, as shown below.</p><p><img src="https://www.bleepstatic.com/images/news/web-browsers/chrome/chrome-93/security-indicators/secure-site-indicator.jpg" alt="Security indicator shown in address bar" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>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 '<strong>Omnibox Updated connection security indicators</strong>' flag.</p><p><img src="https://www.bleepstatic.com/images/news/web-browsers/chrome/chrome-93/security-indicators/no-indicator.jpg" alt="Security indicators to be removed in Google Chrome" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>With this feature enabled, Google Chrome will only display security indicators when the site is not secure, as shown below.</p><p><img src="https://www.bleepstatic.com/images/news/web-browsers/chrome/chrome-93/security-indicators/insecure-sites-shown.jpg" alt="Showing 'Not secure' indicator for insecure sites'Not secure' indicator for insecure sites" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-to-no-longer-show-secure-website-indicators/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tutman, post: 953622, member: 87079"] Google Chrome will no longer show whether a site you are visiting is secure and only show when you visit an insecure website. For years, Google has been making a concerted effort to push websites into using HTTPS to provide a more secure browsing experience. To further push web developers into only using HTTPS on their sites, Google introduced the protocol as a ranking factor. Those not hosting a secure site got a potentially minor hit in their Google search results rankings. It has appeared to have worked as according to the 'HTTPS encryption on the web' of Google's Transparency Report, over 90% of all browser connections in Google Chrome currently use an HTTPS connection. Currently, when you visit a secure site, Google Chrome will display a little locked icon indicating that your communication with the site is encrypted, as shown below. [IMG alt="Security indicator shown in address bar"]https://www.bleepstatic.com/images/news/web-browsers/chrome/chrome-93/security-indicators/secure-site-indicator.jpg[/IMG] 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 '[B]Omnibox Updated connection security indicators[/B]' flag. [IMG alt="Security indicators to be removed in Google Chrome"]https://www.bleepstatic.com/images/news/web-browsers/chrome/chrome-93/security-indicators/no-indicator.jpg[/IMG] With this feature enabled, Google Chrome will only display security indicators when the site is not secure, as shown below. [IMG alt="Showing 'Not secure' indicator for insecure sites'Not secure' indicator for insecure sites"]https://www.bleepstatic.com/images/news/web-browsers/chrome/chrome-93/security-indicators/insecure-sites-shown.jpg[/IMG] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-to-no-longer-show-secure-website-indicators/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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