Google Encrypts All Blogspot Domains With HTTPS

Posted by msmash on Wednesday May 4, 2016 @08:30AM from the https-everywhere dept.

Reader Mickeycaskill writes: Google is continuing its crusade to encrypt the web by enabling an HTTPS version of every single domain hosted on Blogspot. The search giant started the rollout last September, but as an opt-in service. Now users can opt to visit an HTTPS version of a site without its participation, while administrators can turn on an automatic redirect so all visitors are sent to the encrypted version. "HTTPS is fundamental to internet security; it protects the integrity and confidentiality of data sent between websites and visitors' browsers," said Milanda Perera, security software engineer at Google. Google already encrypts its search results, Google Drive and Gmail, while it also ranks HTTPS-enabled sites higher in the search. Blogspot rival WordPress began rolling out HTTPS in 2014.

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Let's Encrypt by tepples · 2016-05-04 09:06 · Score: 5, Informative

The downside is that a SSL or TSS certificate is often not free
Certificate cost is no longer the obstacle it used to be, as a TLS certificate is free unless you need organizational validation. StartSSL and WoSign have been providing domain-validated (DV) certificates without charge to individuals for years, and automated ACME CA Let's Encrypt has been in operation for several months.