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Google Chrome to warn users before opening insecure HTTP sites
Google announced today that the Chrome web browser will start warning users by default before connecting to insecure HTTP public websites beginning with Chrome 154 in October 2026. Google Chrome also has an opt-in HTTPS-First Mode since 2021, which added the “Always Use Secure Connections” setting and attempts to connect to websites over HTTPS (HyperText Transfer Protocol […]
Cloudflare now blocks all unencrypted traffic to its API endpoints
Cloudflare announced that it closed all HTTP connections and it is now accepting only secure, HTTPS connections for api.cloudflare.com. The move prevents unencrypted API requests from being sent, even accidentally, to eliminate the risk of sensitive information being exposed in cleartext traffic before the server closes the HTTP conection and redirects to a secure communication channel. […]