Google considers "data risk" warnings
(BBC): http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30505970
The proposal to mark HTTP connections as non-secure was made in a
message posted to the Chrome development website by Google engineers
working on the firm's browser. If implemented, the developers wrote,
the change would mean that a warning would pop-up when people visited
a site that used only HTTP to notify them that such a connection
"provides no data security".
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I wish someone would fund me in terms of time and money to convert all
my legacy sites and systems to be https compatible, and provide me
with free wildcard certs. But since I don't expect these to be
forthcoming anytime soon, I'm in the same position as many small
websites who would likely be hurt by such a model. It's bad enough
that Chrome has made using self-signed certs so insanely scary.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
I am a consultant to Google -- I speak only for myself, not for them.
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein
Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
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