Google Chrome will enable HTTPS-first browsing by default in 2026, warning users before visiting insecure public sites.

Now, Google Chrome is gearing up to take the next step: warning people when they try to visit non-secure websites. Google ...

Google's ever-changing Transparency Report now includes a page dedicated to tracking encryption progress both at Google and on some of the web's most trafficked sites. Dubbed HTTPS at Google, the new ...

Google users can now run encrypted searches using the company’s flagship search site simply by navigating to https://www.google.com. UPDATE: Many users are being redirected to the non-encrypted main ...

Google Chrome will enable "Always Use Secure Connections" by default in October 2026, warning users before accessing public ...

HTTPS is widely considered one of the keys to a safer Internet, but only if it’s broadly implemented. Aiming to shed some light on how much progress has been made so far, Google on Tuesday launched a ...

The transition to the more-secure HTTPS web protocol has plateaued, according to Google. As of 2020, 95 to 99 percent of navigations in Chrome use HTTPS. To help make it safer for users to click on ...

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 ...

As we learn more about the Google HTTPS algorithm I want to keep you posted. Three new tidbits came out on the topic through yesterday's Google webmaster hangout with Google's John Mueller on Google+.

Citing the need to protect users from government cyber-spying, Google has tightened Gmail’s encryption screws by removing the option to turn off HTTPS. Google first gave people the option of ...

Google radically expanded Tuesday its use of bank-level security that prevents Wi-Fi hackers and rogue ISPs from spying on your searches. Starting Tuesday, logged-in Google users searching from Google ...

Google’s Zineb Ait Bahajji announced that going forward, Google will try to index HTTPS pages first, before the HTTP equivalent page. That means that if your site’s internal navigation references the ...