Google has announced that Chrome will soon connect to websites more securely by default. Beginning with Chrome 154, set for release in October 2026, the browser will automatically activate the Always ...

Google is changing its default Chrome settings to always try an HTTPS-encrypted connection first. Users will see warnings when visiting HTTP sites that do not support this secure connection. Google ...

The transition to the more-secure HTTPS web protocol has plateaued, according to Google. As of 2020, 95 to 99 percent of navigations in Chrome use HTTPS. To help make it safer for users to click on ...

Let’s be honest—no one likes seeing that dreaded "Not Secure" warning when they visit a website. It immediately raises red flags: Is this site safe? Can I trust it? That’s where HTTPS importance comes ...

HTTPS, or Hypertext Transport Protocol Secure, is a variation on the basic protocol used to serve Web pages over the Internet. HTTPS verifies the security certification of the page you're visiting to ...

After Google stopped generating new goo.gl URLs in March of 2019, those links will stop working on August 25, 2025. Google announced it was shutting down goo.gl for consumers and developers in 2018.

Google continues the fight against HTTP-only websites by implementing a new feature in Chromium named “HTTPS-First Mode,” meaning that browsers built on this foundation will try to resolve any website ...

One of the biggest advances in web security over the last decade or so is the proliferation of secure, encrypted HTTPS connections. Once the purview of shopping and banking sites, HTTPS connections ...

Security experts have warned that websites displaying a padlock in the browser should be treated with caution, after revealing a sharp increase in phishing sites using HTTPS. The findings come from ...