2016 might be the year that HTTP finally dies. Chrome’s security team announced today that the browser will start marking websites that use insecure HTTP connections to transmit passwords and credit ...

Google has launched Chrome 56 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Among the additions is a new warning for websites that collect passwords or credit card numbers but don’t use HTTPS; improvements to ...

As HTTPS has become more common across the web, Google Chrome is preparing to launch a security option that will block “insecure” downloads through HTTP. While it used to be the case that only privacy ...

Google is finally moving forward with its plan to discourage the use of HTTP sites by marking them as non-secure on Chrome. The new warning will be rolled out very gradually: Beginning in January, ...

Starting with Chrome 62, Google will start marking any HTTP page where users may enter data, and any HTTP page visited in incognito mode Google began in January flashing warnings in the Chrome address ...

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More The clock is winding down for website owners to adopt HTTPS ...

With today's release of Chrome 68 for desktops, the browser has started flagging all unencrypted HTTP sites as "not secure." Meanwhile, security researcher Troy Hunt has launched a site that lists the ...

Google has rolled out the much-anticipated version 68 of its Chrome browser that, most importantly, labels HTTP websites as “not secure”. Available for Windows, Mac and Linux, Chrome’s latest ...

Downloads of files like images may be banned if they use HTTP connections – even if they are available from an HTTPS website. Google Chrome will soon restrict certain files, like PDFs or executables, ...

As part of Google's quest to compel all websites to use the more secure HTTPS protocol, Chrome 62 will flash more warnings when you visit HTTP sites. A few months ago, Chrome 56 (rightly) started ...

Google’s Emily Schechter of the Chrome Security Team said on Thursday that starting with Chrome 56, slated to arrive in January 2017, the browser will visually inform users when HTTP sites are not ...

In a move to improve user privacy and security, Google is simplifying its browser security settings. In a blog post, the Chrome security team said https:// pages will only be able to load secure ...