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A couple of years ago, to help encourage websites to adopt HTTPS, they started to mark websites on Chrome with “Secure” badges in the address bar (see screenshot above). This let users know if a website was using HTTPS or not, but fast forward a few years later, Google thinks that those badges are no longer needed.

According to Google, “Users should expect that the web is safe by default, and they’ll be warned when there’s an issue. Since we’ll soon start marking all HTTP pages as ‘not secure’, we’ll step towards removing Chrome’s positive security indicators so that the default unmarked state is secure. Chrome will roll this out over time, starting by removing the ‘Secure’ wording and HTTPS scheme in September 2018 (Chrome 69).”

According to Google, they had previously refrained from using the red “not secure” badge simply because there were too many HTTP websites around, which would probably cause a bit of a panic if users kept seeing that the websites they visited were not secure. However Google now feels that there are enough HTTPS websites where HTTP websites are now the exception and the “not secure” badge can be used.

As per Google’s post, they will remove the “secure” badge starting this September in an update to Chrome, so if you are using Chrome then and don’t see the “secure” badge, you can assume that it is by default.

Google to Phase Out ‘Secure’ Badge In Chrome’s Address Bar , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

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A couple of years ago, to help encourage websites to adopt HTTPS, they started to mark websites on Chrome with “Secure” badges in the address bar (see screenshot above). This let users know if a website was using HTTPS or not, but fast forward a few years later, Google thinks that those badges are no longer needed.

According to Google, “Users should expect that the web is safe by default, and they’ll be warned when there’s an issue. Since we’ll soon start marking all HTTP pages as ‘not secure’, we’ll step towards removing Chrome’s positive security indicators so that the default unmarked state is secure. Chrome will roll this out over time, starting by removing the ‘Secure’ wording and HTTPS scheme in September 2018 (Chrome 69).”

According to Google, they had previously refrained from using the red “not secure” badge simply because there were too many HTTP websites around, which would probably cause a bit of a panic if users kept seeing that the websites they visited were not secure. However Google now feels that there are enough HTTPS websites where HTTP websites are now the exception and the “not secure” badge can be used.

As per Google’s post, they will remove the “secure” badge starting this September in an update to Chrome, so if you are using Chrome then and don’t see the “secure” badge, you can assume that it is by default.

Google to Phase Out ‘Secure’ Badge In Chrome’s Address Bar , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

When you watch a TV show or a movie, there are usually intros that accompany them. This is to be expected for pretty much every TV show you watch. However it does sometimes get in the way if you plan on binge-watching as the intros can get a bit tedious and repetitive after 10 episodes or so, which is why Netflix started allowing users to skip them along with recaps.

Unfortunately this feature was not offered to those using Chromecast to watch Netflix, at least not until now where an update to the app will change that. In the latest update to the app, users who stream Netflix via Chromecast now have the option of skipping introductions via a button that will be a the bottom of the app. It is unclear if this also applies to recaps, but hopefully it does.

This isn’t exactly the most groundbreaking update but it is a convenience and also one of those quality of life updates that will make using the app and also using Chromecast devices more viable. Users will need to be on the latest version of the Netflix app if they want to take advantage of it, so update to version v6.3.0 if you haven’t done so already via the Google Play Store.

Netflix On Chromecast Now Lets Users Skip Intros , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.