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Here’s what Chrome’s new ‘Not secure’ warning means

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 by Piyush Suthar | Comments

Home News Tech Here’s what Chrome’s new ‘Not secure’ warning means

If you’ve updated Google Chrome to version 68, which rolled out this week, you’ll likely begin seeing a ‘Not secure’ warning in the address bar. That’s to let you know that the site you’re visiting is not HTTPS-enabled, and the traffic is being transmitted over the old, less secure HTTP protocol. That means a hacker could spy on the data you’re sending and receiving from the site in question (such as passwords and credit card numbers), and even hijack the connection to run a phishing scam or redirect you to a malware-laden page. HTTPS sites encrypt the data that’s being…

This story continues at The Next Web

Authored by Piyush Suthar
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