Finally an indicator that you’re on an unsecure site.
I was looking for an article that would provide me the most secure browser in today’s market. In my research, I came across this article about warning users that you are not on a secure site and I thought I wished this was implemented a few years ago. This article caught my where chrome will be notifying you that the site you are on is not secure. I ran into a situation a few years ago where I had purchased tickets on a website (small local business) and it was only using http for its logon and purchasing the tickets. It was only after the purchase I had realized that that the site was not secure and had become blind looking at the trusted security certificates. I called the business and it took a few people to get me to the right person and me threating that I would report them to the best business bureau if nothing was done. I took a few days but they were able to provide https and a valid certificate to the site. I only hope this idea catches on with other browsers moving forward.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/08/technology/google-chrome-flag-non-secure-sites/
Interesting article. Google is staying ahead of the game. This is a great idea and I am pretty sure all the other web browsers will be following google’s lead in the future.
We’ll cover more on tis later, but port 443 and an SSL cert is no guarantee of security. The devil is in the detail configuration.
Wade
I would agree that there is no guarantee however some encryption is better than no encryption. I am not sure what Google’s level of being secure will be with this new “feature”. Its an attempt to make sites more secure and raising everyone’s awareness.
I thought this in an interesting article. Although they are not guaranteeing that these sites will be free of malware, they want to let users know that there is an added layer of security when going to an HTTPS site, as opposed to an HTTP.
I have seen sites that are not secured by HTTPS, to have the HTTPS red and cross out in the URL. I have also received prompts upon entering the site that it is an unsecured connection and will need to go through a couple hoops in order to bypass it. Not sure if it a Chrome thing by default or a plugin.