Google has implemented HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) on the google.com domain to prevent users from navigating to its site using the insecure HTTP. HSTS allows website operators to ensure ...

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 ...

Google Chrome is ready to call out any website still using HTTP over HTTPS. Credit: thomas trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images You may soon start to see a slew of warnings about how some of your ...

Google has added a new HTTPS report within Google Search Console that not only shows which pages are being served under HTTPS but also why the pages not being served under HTTPS are having issues.

Google radically expanded Tuesday its use of bank-level security that prevents Wi-Fi hackers and rogue ISPs from spying on your searches. Starting Tuesday, logged-in Google users searching from Google ...

Google users can now run encrypted searches using the company’s flagship search site simply by navigating to https://www.google.com. UPDATE: Many users are being redirected to the non-encrypted main ...

HTTPS is widely considered one of the keys to a safer Internet, but only if it’s broadly implemented. Aiming to shed some light on how much progress has been made so far, Google on Tuesday launched a ...

Citing the need to protect users from government cyber-spying, Google has tightened Gmail’s encryption screws by removing the option to turn off HTTPS. Google first gave people the option of ...

As we learn more about the Google HTTPS algorithm I want to keep you posted. Three new tidbits came out on the topic through yesterday's Google webmaster hangout with Google's John Mueller on Google+.