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: Chromium Blog News and developments from the open source browser project Towards HTTPS by default Wednesday , August 16, 2023 For the past several years , more than 90 of Chrome users' navigations have been to HTTPS sites , across all major platforms . Thankfully , that means that most traffic is encrypted and authenticated , and thus safe from network attackers . However , a stubborn 5-10 of traffic has remained on HTTP , allowing attackers to eavesdrop on or change that data . Chrome shows a warning in the address bar when a connection to a site is not secure , but we believe this is insufficient : not only do many people not notice that warning , but by the time someone notices the warning , the damage may already have been . done We believe that the web should be secure by default .