Brace yourself. Negative SSL indicators are coming!

We’re now less than 30 days away from witnessing something remarkable.

You know what we’re talking about, don’t you? On July 24, Google Chrome, the most popular browser on the planet, will flag every website that doesn’t have SSL/TLS encryption. Some view this move as Google’s last throw of the dice in its crusade against HTTP.

However, contrary to this belief, a whole new game is about to kick off. This game will eradicate all the positive security indicators (such as the “secure” text & padlock icon) and will introduce penalizing negative security indicators instead.

So, no more padlock?

No (eventually).

Ultimately, Google aims to establish HTTPS as a norm, and the way it’s going to do is not attaching any positive signs pertaining to HTTPS or encryption and penalizing the exceptions (HTTP sites). So, the “Secure” text and the padlock sign will soon be a thing of the past. With the launch of Chrome 69 in September 2018, the “Secure” text will be gone. The next step would be removing the padlock sign that will mark a milestone in establishing HTTPS as a norm.

Negative security indicators to get even more negative

Chrome 62, released in October 2017, introduced a new negative security indicator that warned users when they typed anything in a non-HTTPS website. Here’s how it looks:

This warning was intended to discourage users from typing anything or giving away their details when the connection isn’t secure. Chrome 70, to be released in October 2018, is set to make this warning even more negative−more noticeable in other terms. After the introduction of Chrome 68 ,when every HTTP site will be marked as “Not Secure,” Google will need some other negative security indicator when one types in something on an HTTP page as the “Not Secure” sign is there as a default. This will be done with the cunning use of the color red.

The red warning is much angrier than the current one−behold, the power of red. If you haven’t got an SSL on your site yet, or if yours is due for a renewal. Get in touch today!

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