[Njtechdiv] Chrome to hides secure links

[Eileen Scrivani]

It figures – just when I was starting to feel more comfortable & confident in using Google Chrome as my browser. I’ll go back to trying Mazilla again. Thanks for posting this.

Eileen

From: Mario Brusco via Njtechdiv 
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2018 12:30 PM
To: njtechdiv at nfbnet.org 
Cc: Mario Brusco 
Subject: [Njtechdiv] Chrome to hides secure links

Google's at it again:

Google to remove "secure" indicator from HTTPS pages on Chrome
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-to-remove-secure-indicator-from-https-pages-on-chrome/

By Stephanie Condon

As part of its push to make the web safer, Google on Thursday said
  it will stop marking HTTPS pages as "secure."

The logic behind the move, Google explained, is that "users should 
expect that the web is safe by default." It will remove the green 
padlock and "secure" wording from the address bar beginning with Chrome 
69 in September.

Google previously announced that it would mark HTTP pages as " not 
secure" beginning with Chrome 68 in July.

By October with Chrome 70, Google will start showing a red "not secure" 
warning when users enter data on HTTP pages. "Previously, HTTP usage was 
too high to mark all HTTP pages with a strong red warning," Google said.

Google has taken other steps to encourage the use of HTTPS, a secure 
encryption standard for data in transit. For instance, the company has 
ranked sites with HTTPS higher in its search results.

There are some free and easy ways to secure a website.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-secure-your-website/

For instance, the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)'s 
Let's Encrypt offers free SSL certificates.
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