Posted on December 11, 2023, 12:37 pm, by David Hills.
In its ongoing effort to promote a safer web browsing experience, Google has decided to default HTTP URLs to the more secure HTTPS URLs. This generally works fine because Chrome will only make the switch if the site has a valid secure certificate and can handle HTTPS. So what is the problem? In some cases, […]
Posted on August 2, 2018, 2:22 pm, by David Hills.
In July Google Chrome Browers began indicating that web pages that are not served up via HTTPS are not secure. Prior to July, you had a little info icon in the URL/Search box that you could click on to get more information: Now the not secure is spelled out: And in October it will be […]
Posted on May 30, 2018, 1:04 pm, by David Hills.
Even if you haven’t heard of GDPR you have seen it’s effect via the bombardment of emails from vendors stating they have updated their privacy policy or the banners/pop-ups you need to click on before you visit a site indicating you accept cookies and their privacy policy! I’m not going to review what GDPR is […]