Chrome To Begin Showing “Not Secure” on all Sites Without SSL Certificate In October

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Google’s quest to form a more secure web will take a new shape this October with Chrome v62.

Chrome will begin showing “Not Secure” on all sites without an SSL Certificate where users can enter text in a contact form.

Nearly 50% of internet users choose Chrome as their browser of choice so this can have a big impact on the way people interact with your website(s).

If you have sites which include contact forms, information request fields, etc, which do not have an SSL protecting them, please reach out to me so we can discuss your plans to get an SSL Certificate to avoid any possible warning signs when people visit your site.

“Passwords and credit cards are not the only types of data that should be private. Any type of data that users type into websites should not be accessible to others on the network, so starting in version 62 Chrome will show the “Not secure” warning when users type data into HTTP sites.”
(source: https://security.googleblog.com/2017/04/next-steps-toward-more-connection.html)

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

Comments

  1. Jovenet Consulting says

    Google announced that new Sites address mappings automatically provision domain-validated SSL certificates for secure connections (for users of G Suite). In one word, they offer the SSL certificate when migrating to their new website platform.

  2. Gary Tedeschi says

    Do these SSL certificates cost money to the website owners? Is their a test to prove that your website is secure?
    I am just curious!

    • Jovenet Consulting says

      I you use Sites from Google, it comes for free during the upgrade to the new version of Sites. Note that this requires to create a new website or migrate the existing one (unclear about the migration). Generally speaking, you pay for a SSL certificate.

  3. Michael Berkens says

    Gary

    There is a cost for SSL certs

    we got one for thedomains.com earlier this year, every registrar sells them

    Also Google previously announced that sites that did not have https (SSL cert) would be penalized in search results

  4. Jamie Zoch says

    I inquired on getting one earlier this week for DotWeekly. Since my site is hosted at GoDaddy, the annual cost is $70 for the SSL. I haven’t purchased one yet, nor will I anytime soon, because of the cost. It just adds to the pile of costs already to have a website.

  5. Jay says

    You do not have to buy the certificate from your host to my understanding, you can buy it from another certificate provider and just configure your host to use it.
    The 70 dollars Godaddy charges is very expensive compared to some other certificates.

  6. Snoopy says

    Just use Let’s Encrypt, it is free and can be setup in a few seconds at many hosts.

    I suspect this change is likely to effect park pages as they pretty much all accept data input (the search box).

    • Elena says

      I think all parked pages from major providers (sedo, afternic, etc…) already have been using https. Personal landers/parked pages is another story of course. Those domain investors will suddenly see a “not secure” warning when they visit their domain page (and all potential buyers as well). I have installed an ssl certificate 10 months ago, costs me around $9 per year and if your personal landers use the following (or similar) format ,yourmainbusiness.com/lander/domainforsale.com, then you can basically use the same SSL certificate for all your domains you have for sale.

  7. Kent says

    Look for hosting where a ssl certificate is included for free. Hostgator includes a cert and installs it free with their business package. There is also a self signed certificate option which is free.

  8. HIGHEST.DOMAINS says

    A good move by google, SSL should become global standard.

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