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Google Chrome To Remove 'Secure' Indicator From HTTPS Pages in September (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by msmash on from the no-need-anymore dept.

Google announced Thursday it plans to drop the "Secure" indicator from the Chrome URL address bar -- starting with Chrome v68, set for release in July -- and only show a lock icon when the user is navigating to an HTTPS-secured website. From a report: The move is scheduled to take effect with the release of Chrome 69, scheduled for September, this year. Emily Schechter, Product Manager for Chrome Security, said the company is now comfortable making this move as a large chunk of Chrome's traffic is now via HTTPS. Since most traffic is HTTPS anyway, it's not necessary to draw the user's attention to the "Secure" indicator anymore.

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  1. How about ... by PPH · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... an insecure indicator?

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    Have gnu, will travel.
  2. Re:It will be back by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    The title is misleading, they aren't removing the secure indicator, they are just removing the word "secure" but leaving the lock icon which indicates the exact same thing.

  3. Re:It will be back by HiddenL · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually, no. The seatbelt ding is an "insecure indicator". When you are properly buckled, there isn't any warning or noise: there is only a "ding" when you are unbuckled. Chrome is gradually making the "not secure" more prominent for all plain http sites.