Google is bringing a subtle yet controversial change to its Chrome web browser. Beginning with Chrome 117, secure HTTPS connections will no longer have a padlock icon next to the URL. Instead, users ...

Google is working on adding an HTTPS-Only Mode to the Chrome web browser to protect users' web traffic from eavesdropping by upgrading all connections to HTTPS. This new feature is now being tested in ...

Google is changing its default Chrome settings to always try an HTTPS-encrypted connection first. Users will see warnings when visiting HTTP sites that do not support this secure connection. Google ...

Google will add an HTTPS-First Mode to the Chrome web browser to block attackers from intercepting or eavesdropping users' web traffic. "Beginning in M94, Chrome will offer HTTPS-First Mode, which ...

Google's recent move to enable DNS over HTTPS in Chrome has been a controversial one. Intended to improve user privacy, it's been met with opposition from some ISPs and network security experts. For a ...

Google has added a new HTTPS report within Google Search Console that not only shows which pages are being served under HTTPS but also why the pages not being served under HTTPS are having issues.