Given that privacy and security are imperatives for the web ecosystem, Google will continue to invest in HTTPS for wider use. At present, it can be seen that more than 90% of the pages in Chrome are loaded through HTTPS, but Google is still not satisfied with this, and hopes to better protect HTTP users who are not protected by HTTPS.

Therefore, M93 will start to adjust the HTTPS icon experimentally, and will replace the original lock with a more neutral page message field. Since the study found that only 11% of users can correctly identify the meaning of the icon, the adjustment of the M93 is to reduce this type of confusion. However, if you are connected via HTTP, the "Not Secure" mark will still be displayed in front of the URL.

The next M94 will provide HTTPS priority mode, this mode will try to upgrade all pages opened by users to HTTPS, and when the page does not support HTTPS, the page will display a full page warning. Users can enable this mode to open the website through HTTPS as much as possible. If only HTTP can be used to open the website, a warning message will pop up when the website has not been opened.

It is conceivable that if all websites in the future do not purchase SSL to make the website become HTTPS, then users may not even have a chance to enter the website. Because you will receive a warning before entering the website, even if you successfully enter, there will be a full-page warning, doing everything possible to urge users to leave this unsafe website. Internet Chinese recommends that since SSL will become an indispensable condition for every website, it is not too early to upgrade the website to HTTPS as soon as possible.

Source: Increasing HTTPS adoption

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