Towards HTTPS by default
blog.chromium.org
For the past several years, more than 90% of Chrome users' navigations have been to HTTPS sites, across all major platforms. Thankfully, th...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3301227

Chrome will be experimenting with defaulting to https:// if the site supports it, even when an http:// link is used and will warn about downloads from insecure sources for “high-risk files” (example given is an exe). They’re also planning on enabling it by default for Incognito Mode and “sites that Chrome knows you typically access over HTTPS”.

  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    264·
    1 year ago

    Is this just general advice? If so, I agree, but if it’s specific to this, what’s the problem you see with it?

    • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      1 year ago

      Google has shown that they’re going to go the Microsoft strategy with Browser control. So long as they have majority control, that means they can be as anti-user as they would like, but since everything is downstream of chromium, everyone just basically accepts it. Everything from Google AMP (which was their attempt to take over the web in whole), to their new “Web Integrity API” which aims to lock out any competitors.

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        Agreed, but to clarify, I was asking if there was an issue with this specific change (always using https if it’s available even if the URL uses http), as it does seem to be a positive that makes me wonder why it’s only happening now.

    • the_q@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      1 year ago

      It is general advice, but https should have been the default for a good while.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      82·
      1 year ago

      If we have to pick just one reason: WEI. As someone who’s been a professional software engineer for a decade and a half, this has the potential to mutate and ruin the internet at large in ways we’re only beginning to fully explore and understand.