Google Chrome 62 Stable Version Released, Strongly Pushing HTTPS Encryption

Google released its browser Chrome 62 version on October 18, introducing several new features, including: support for OpenType variable fonts, fast capture of network streaming media, and more. The most striking thing is that Chrome further marks HTTP pages as "insecure", leading websites to quickly enter the era of HTTPS encryption.



HTTP warnings for normal and incognito modes

Google announced in early April that starting with Chrome 62, it will mark certain HTTP pages as "not secure" in Chrome's "normal" and "incognito" modes. Google's plans include two major changes .

The first is that Chrome marks HTTP pages in normal browsing mode. So far, Chrome marked HTTP pages as "insecure" when there were form fields on the page to enter payment card or password information. This change was added in Chrome 56 in January.

As of Chrome 62, Chrome 62 will mark any HTTP page as "unsafe" if the user enters data in any type of field, be it a search field or a simple numeric input, e.g. e-commerce Platform product search box, information search box, email subscription box, registration page, feedback, etc.


The second major change is incognito mode. Google says all HTTP pages in incognito mode will be marked as "insecure" starting in Chrome 62, and this will happen regardless of whether there are form fields on the page.

At present, Chrome marks HTTP pages with a neutral black circle logo and the string "unsafe". In the future, it will expand to more HTTP pages, and the security logo will gradually be upgraded from a neutral black circle to a red triangle warning, and invalid HTTPS. Same logo.


The strong push of HTTPS encryption has achieved remarkable results

Google's recently released 2017 HTTPS Usage Survey shows that the popularity of HTTPS encryption has grown significantly over the past year. On Chrome products across platforms and regions, HTTPS encrypted traffic continues to rise. Chrome's HTTPS encrypted traffic on Android increased from 42% to 64%, and Chrome OS and macOS increased from 67% and 60% to 75%, respectively. Japan's HTTPS encryption ratio has increased from 31% last year to 55% this year, and Brazil's encryption ratio has also increased from 50% to 66%. More importantly, 71 of the world's top 100 most popular websites already use HTTPS encryption, up from 37 last year.

The latest statistics from NetMarketShare show that in today's desktop browser field, Chrome has occupied 59.61% of the share, and will soon break the 60% mark, which means that 6 out of 10 computers have Chrome installed. From this point of view, the website should deploy HTTPS encryption in a timely manner to solve the "insecure" prompt of the Chrome browser, win the trust of Chrome users, and avoid the loss of visitors due to the "insecure" prompt on the website.



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Upgrading your website to HTTPS encryption can be simple or complex. For websites with few pages and relatively simple applications, you only need to install the SSL certificate on the website server. For complex website application scenarios such as huge website structure, multi-server load balancing, cross-platform and multi-terminal applications, etc., the implementation of SSL certificates needs to consider many aspects such as system transformation and performance optimization, taking into account both security and performance.

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