From April next year, Chrome will turn its Always Use Secure Connections for public sites on for all users by default.

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 first announced the secure connections option for Chrome in 2021, which users could opt into to see a warning before ...

Starting October 2026, when Chrome 154 is projected to arrive, the ‘Always Use Secure Connections’ setting will be on by ...

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

Google is changing its default Chrome settings to always try an HTTPS-encrypted connection first. Users will see warnings ...

Google announced today that the Chrome web browser will ask for permission by default before connecting to public, insecure HTTP websites, beginning with Chrome 154 i026.

From October 2026, Chrome will warn about every access to unencrypted websites. Google will activate the security feature by ...

Google has announced that Chrome will soon connect to websites more securely by default. Beginning with Chrome 154, set for ...

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 ...

As HTTPS has become more common across the web, Google Chrome is preparing to launch a security option that will block “insecure” downloads through HTTP. While it used to be the case that only privacy ...