If you are the owner of an online store or your website has a form where password information, among other things, is transmitted (e.g. a login form for a user panel) and you do not have an SSL certificate, then this change applies to you.
Author: webSylium
Publish date: 2017-01-21
What is Google's point?
Below is the official position of the Mountain View company:
Starting in January 2017, Chrome browser (version 56 and later) will mark websites that contain forms for entering passwords or credit card numbers as unsecure unless they use HTTPS. On the websites indicated below, there are fields for entering passwords or credit card numbers that will cause Chrome browser to display new warnings. Review the examples provided to see where the warnings will be displayed, and take appropriate steps to protect user data. This list is not exhaustive. [URL list]. The new warning is part of the first phase of a long-term plan to mark all sites that support the encryption-free HTTP protocol as unsecure.
― Google
What did it look like before?
Until now, the Chrome browser has exclusively "rewarded" the use of encryption and SSL certificates on a website by highlighting this information in the address bar with a green padlock icon (as do other web browsers).
Starting with version 56, the Chrome browser will also "stigmatize" those sites that should but do not use HTTPS.
Why bother with Google Chrome browser changes?
For a very simple reason, because according to StatCounter (June 2016 data), the global browser market share was as follows:
- Google Chrome – 57,89%
- Mozilla Firefox – 14,16%
- Internet Explorer – 10,71%
- Safari – 9,64%
- Opera – 1,72%
So, assuming that users update their browsers regularly (often automatically) for security reasons, the change will quickly hit more than half of Internet users.
Not sure how to switch to HTTPS?
If you need technical support related to SSL certificate implementation and HTTPS transition, please contact us.
