As part of its effort to make the web safer, Google said on Thursday that it will stop labeling HTTPS pages as "secure".
The rationale behind the move, according to Google, is that "users should expect the web to be secure by default." So the company will remove the green lock and "secure" wording from the line διευθύνσεων του Chrome από την version 69 which will be released in September.
Google initially announced that it would begin labeling HTTP pages "unsafe" with Chrome 68 coming out in July.
By October with Chrome 70, Google will start showing a red pronotice "not secure" when users visit HTTP pages.
"Before, the use of HTTP was too high to mark all pages HTTP "with a bright red warning," said Google.
Google has taken further steps to encourage the use of HTTPS, a secure encryption template for web data. For example, the company classifies websites that use HTTPS higher in search results.
If you're interested in adding SSL to your site, there are some free and easy ways to secure it. For example, Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) offers the Let's Encrypt for free SSL certificates.
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