Google Chrome 90 will default to HTTPS for incomplete URLs

    Google Chrome 90 will default to HTTPS for incomplete URLs

    Google Chrome 90 will default to HTTPS for incomplete URLs


    Posted: 24 Mar 2021

    Starting in version 90, Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default, improving privacy and even loading speed for users visiting websites that support HTTPS. Chrome users who navigate to websites by manually typing a URL often don’t include “http://” or “https://”. For example, users often type “example.com” instead of “https://example.com” in the address bar. In this case, if it was a user’s first visit to a website, Chrome would previously choose http:// as the default protocol1. This was a practical default in the past, when much of the web did not support HTTPS.

    Chrome will now default to HTTPS for most typed navigations that don’t specify a protocol2. HTTPS is the more secure and most widely used scheme in Chrome on all major platforms. In addition to being a clear security and privacy improvement, this change improves the initial loading speed of sites that support HTTPS, since Chrome will connect directly to the HTTPS endpoint without needing to be redirected from http:// to https://. For sites that don’t yet support HTTPS, Chrome will fall back to HTTP when the HTTPS attempt fails (including when there are certificate errors, such as name mismatch or untrusted self-signed certificate, or connection errors, such as DNS resolution failure). This change is rolling out initially on Chrome Desktop and Chrome for Android in version 90, with a release for Chrome on iOS following soon after.



    HTTPS protects users by encrypting traffic sent over the network, so that sensitive information users enter on websites cannot be intercepted or modified by attackers or eavesdroppers. Chrome is invested in ensuring that HTTPS is the default protocol for the web, and this change is one more step towards ensuring Chrome always uses secure connections by default.


    Source: Chromium Blog: A safer default for navigation: HTTPS
    Brink's Avatar Posted By: Brink
    24 Mar 2021


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    I hope, that it is gonna work better than in 89.
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