Towards HTTPS by default
blog.chromium.org
For the past several years, more than 90% of Chrome users' navigations have been to HTTPS sites, across all major platforms. Thankfully, th...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3301227

Chrome will be experimenting with defaulting to https:// if the site supports it, even when an http:// link is used and will warn about downloads from insecure sources for “high-risk files” (example given is an exe). They’re also planning on enabling it by default for Incognito Mode and “sites that Chrome knows you typically access over HTTPS”.

  • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Is there a secure option that uses all the features minus the 3rd party certificate parts?

    • SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      No, they were working on a solution a while ago, where a website would list what CA it used so you couldn’t get a random CA to issue a cert, but that effort was abandoned iirc.