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Google pressures websites towards HTTPS: "A secure web is here to stay"

article published on 9 February, 2018

Google's crusade for a safer, more secure web has been taking place for years. Especially after the Snowden leaks everyone has been more interested of encrypted messaging and secure web traffic. It is no surprise then that Google is about to take another step securing the entire web. The company has now announced on their Chromium blog that their upcoming browser will mark all HTTP sites ... [ read the full article ]

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jjstccean
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_ 		10. February 2018 @ 01:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ordinary and ignorant users are not aware that they can click the information button next to the URL. They are too busy being distracted by ads. Ads are possibly the worst case scenario when it comes to security on the web.
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scorpNZ
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_ 		10. February 2018 @ 13:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by jjstccean:
 Ordinary and ignorant users are not aware that they can click the information button next to the URL. They are too busy being distracted by ads. Ads are possibly the worst case scenario when it comes to security on the web.
Site info ? why would any bother with that.Padlock's there for a reason so is https:
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Bozobub
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_ 		10. February 2018 @ 18:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by jjstccean:
 Ordinary and ignorant users are not aware that they can click the information button next to the URL. They are too busy being distracted by ads. Ads are possibly the worst case scenario when it comes to security on the web.
The word you are forgetting is "adblock".
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Mr-Movies
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_ 		14. February 2018 @ 05:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wow I really feel safe now, NOT. I really Rely on Google for safety and is much like relying on Microsoft for my security and yes we have had ABP forever now.

It's not like Google stores and sells all of our surfing and personal information still, is it? LOL
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 14. February 2018 @ 06:02
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