{"id":179395,"date":"2018-08-17T14:19:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T19:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntegrait.com\/urgent-google-chrome-https-by-default-d-day-is-today-july-24-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-08-17T14:19:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T19:19:16","slug":"urgent-google-chrome-https-by-default-d-day-is-today-july-24-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntegrait.com\/urgent-google-chrome-https-by-default-d-day-is-today-july-24-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"URGENT! Google Chrome \u201cHTTPS By Default D-Day\u201d Is Today! (July 24, 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why the big hubbub over HTTPS?\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because from now on, users who visit HTTP sites will be hit with a BIG WARNING from Google. This will happen to anyone using Google Chrome version 68.<\/p>\n

\"HTTPS<\/p>\n

Google warns that you should have been protecting your websites with HTTPS for a while now. And this isn\u2019t just for confidential communications. You need HTTPS on all your sites.<\/p>\n

Why?\u2026<\/p>\n

HTTPS Prevents Intruders And Security Vulnerabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

You certainly don\u2019t want people (criminals or otherwise) tampering with the communications between your site and your users\u2019 browsers. These intruders can be hackers or legitimate companies like Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that inject ads into your web pages. Did you know that some of these advertisements can block the user and create security vulnerabilities on your site?<\/p>\n

HTTPS Protects Your Users\u2019 Privacy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every unprotected HTTP request to your website can potentially reveal your visitors\u2019 private information, such as their browsing behaviors and even their identities. Some intruders gather bits of information and compile it into user \u201cprofiles\u201d to steal their identities.<\/p>\n

HTTPS also keeps intruders from listening to communications between your website and your visitors. This means if you don\u2019t use HTTPS and you have an online help desk service with VoIP, someone else other than your rep and your client may be listening.<\/p>\n

Intruders can trick your visitors into providing their confidential information or installing malware into your website.\u00a0 They can access and exploit unprotected images, cookies, scripts, HTML \u2026 and they can do this at any point along the network.<\/p>\n

This means that your users\u2019 machines, a clients\u2019 Wi-Fi hotspot, etc., could be exploited and you\u2019ll be to blame.<\/p>\n

HTTPS Is Required For Progressive Web Applications (PWAs)<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are PWAs? \u00a0<\/strong>They use modern\u00a0website\u00a0capabilities to deliver app-like experiences to your users.<\/p>\n

Google likes PWAs because they:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n