[ALUG] Chrome browser starts banning HTTP with version 56

[Andreas Tauscher]

Hi Folks!

With version 56 the chome browser starts marking all sites transmitting
form data unencrypted with a "Not secure" warning in the address bar.

Later any HTTP site will be stigmatised with a good visible "Not secure"
warning. The Canary versions of chrome doing it already with a big red X
left in the URL bar.

https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/moving-towards-more-secure-web.html

Mozilla has similar plans but does not want to warn on every unencrypted
page like chromium wants to do.

Warning on every page would be not a good idea. As long many pages are
unencrypted the users will start ignoring this warning.

But warning if data from forms is transmitted unencrypted is a good idea.
Also a good idea is marking encrypted pages with verified certificates
green.

Andreas

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