For the record in terms of Google's Chrome browser: Google announced that they plan to block http downloads when the user comes from a https page.
Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-chrome-block-insecure- downloads-https-pages/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1359836 Title: Ubuntu ISOs downloaded insecurely, over HTTP rather than HTTPS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1359836/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs