Chrome chasing unsafe sites: Here is how to enable the new icon to report them
There is an option that could become to soon default on Chrome, it needs to report a site that does not use the encrypted HTTPS protocol.
Google Chrome users can now enable a specific icon to indicate all those sites that do not use encryption over HTTPS. As reported Motherboard these sites will be marked with a red X superimposed on a lock that is on the left of the address bar. The browser actually uses the same graphical representation indicating the circumstances in which the encryption does not work as hoped, but could soon expand to all HTTP sites unencrypted.
At the moment, the use of ” renewed ” icon can be enabled on the browser in Mountain View via optional flag. Entering the specific page by typing the address chrome://flags in the address bar, try to find the voice #Mark-non-secure-as, or Mark non-secure origins as ” unsafe “ and then select the drop-down menu Mark origins not secure as ” unsafe. ” Google aims to make it the default browser option, said a spokesman for the company Motherboard.
But there is a problem in the implementation of the functionality: Google pushes for years to use HTTPS websites, but has never used strong language to force the Web site operators to implement it. Use a specific signal for sites that use unencrypted HTTP protocol could be the first warning bell for the same managers, who might have to pay HTTPS certificates often necessary to obtain the use of the protocol.
We must consider that today almost the majority of the most important sites using the HTTPS protocol, which is signaled by Google in the SERP and is used as a minor factor in establishing priority over other pages. But because the company believes it important to use HTTPS? An encryption protocol allows a deeper protection against surveillance or theft of sensitive data, with the only disadvantage that results, in addition to the effort to implement it, the page loading speed.
HTTPS connections are traditionally slower – though not by much – than HTTP not protected by encryption, but a guarantee of even more advanced exchanged data protection.
