Google Chrome has no support for File Transfer Protocol

Google Chrome will stop supporting all FTP addresses from the stable version of Chrome 80 onwards, while the company plans to completely retire FTP-related code from Chrome 82.

The file transfer protocol (FTP from File Transfer Protocol *) used by websites to upload and download files is quite old and lacks encryption. However, some computer manufacturers provide drivers or even updates firmware from FTP sites, which is not secure.

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At  Chrome 76, αν προσπαθήσετε να αποκτήσετε πρόσβαση σε εικόνες ή αρχεία PDF σε τοποθεσίες FTP, μπορεί να πραγματοποιηθεί λήψη, αλλάτα αρχεία δεν μπορούν να εμφανιστούν από το  πρόγραμμα περιήγησης (δεν μπορείτε να διαβάσετε online, πριν τα κατεβάσετε). Ωστόσο, ο Chrome εξακολουθεί να εμφανίζει τα directory listings των περιεχομένων κάποιου FTP server.

But today, Google he said its intention to stop generally supporting FTP URLs in Google Chrome.

Company employee Justin Tervay says that the current implementation of FTP code in Chrome does not support encrypted connections. With minimal use of FTP addresses in Chrome and the various FTP client applications available on all platforms, Tervay says "it makes no sense to invest in FTP support."

So the Chromium development team has completely removed support for access to FTP addresses, investing more in secure HTTPS addresses.

The company plans to remove directory listing and downloading via Google Chrome from unencrypted links in accordance with the timetable displayed here (Google doc).

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