Security News > 2021 > July > Google Chrome will get an HTTPS-Only Mode for secure browsing

Google is working on adding an HTTPS-Only Mode to the Chrome web browser to protect users' web traffic from eavesdropping by upgrading all connections to HTTPS. This new feature is now being tested in the Chrome 93 Canary preview releases for Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, and Android.

Google has previously updated Chrome to default to HTTPS for all URLs typed in the address bar if the user specifies no protocol.

This adds the "Always use secure connections" option to the browser's security settings which, once enabled, will set up Chrome to automatically upgrade all navigation to HTTPS and display alerts before loading websites that don't support it.

Microsoft Edge now can be configured to switch users to secure HTTPS connections when visiting websites over HTTP after enabling a new Automatic HTTPS option available in preview in the Canary and Developer preview channels, with an estimated release in July.

Mozilla has also added an HTTPS-Only Mode which secures web browsing by rewriting URLs to use the HTTPS protocol.

By ensuring that you're always using HTTPS when browsing the web when HTTPS-Only Mode is active, Google Chrome helps secure your data in transit by encrypting all connections to sites' servers.

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