Google says it's already rewarding sites that use HTTPS with a slightly higher ranking in internet searches — but it may be cranking up that weighting to stimulate further adoption of the secure comms ...

The transition to the more-secure HTTPS web protocol has plateaued, according to Google. As of 2020, 95 to 99 percent of navigations in Chrome use HTTPS. To help make it safer for users to click on ...

Firefox 83, scheduled for release later today, will ship with a new security feature named "HTTPS-Only Mode" that will try to load all websites via HTTPS or show an ...