Migrating to HTTPS: How Does an SSL Certificate Impact Search Engine Rankings? If you haven’t got one for your site, I recommend that you get one. I can help with this! Are you aware that most internet users don’t feel secure about the protection provided by the current laws? Source: Migrating to HTTPS: How Does […]
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What does the green padlock actually do? There seems to be some general confusion as to what the green padlock in the browser address bar actually means (or does). it does not mean: the site you are visiting is reputable. the site is genuine (it may be pretending to be a reputable site) it does
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Last week’s article covering the decision to distrust Symantec-issued TLS certificates generated a great response from our readers. One common question we received, and one that pops up just about any time SSL/TLS comes up, is how to determine when a site does and does not need such a certificate. Spoiler: Your site should probably
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Google Chrome says goodbye to green ‘Secure’ lock on HTTPS sites. In the past, we saw a green padlock for secure and grey text for ‘non-secure’ sites. As HTTPS (secure sites) become the norm, Google will not make it obvious. BUT they will make ‘non-secure’ more obvious by making the label red. If you want
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With version 68 of Chrome, Google will start labelling any site that doesn’t use HTTPS encryption as ‘Not secure’. Here’s why you should care. Source: HTTPS: What ‘Not Secure’ means, and why the label is good for the web
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Google Online Security Blog: A secure web is here to stay. SOON… your HTTP website will say NOT SECURE in the Chrome Address bar! if you want your site to be secure, and show the green padlock, email me and I can sort it! Source: Google Online Security Blog: A secure web is here to
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Chrome is going to stop telling you if a website is “Secure”. Google’s browser will also begin to flash warnings about HTTP websites Upcoming versions of Google’s Chrome will kill off some of browser’s security signposting, with HTTPS sites no longer marked as “secure” in the address bar. In a blogpost, Chrome security product manager
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Tens of thousands of websites are going to find themselves labelled as unsafe unless they switch out their HTTPS certificate in the next two months. Thanks to a decision in September by Google to stop trusting Symantec-issued SSL/TLS certs, from mid-April Chrome browser users visiting websites using a certificate from the security biz issued before
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If you are a flymedia customer, you can (and should) add an SSL certificate (this will show the green padlock in the address bar) to your site. The SSL certificate means that all data to and from your website is encrypted and cannot be snooped on by a 3rd party. You can call/email me to
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In case you haven’t noticed, we’re on a rapid march towards a “secure by default” web when it comes to protecting traffic. For example, back in Feb this year, 20% of the Alexa Top 1 Million sites were forcing the secure scheme: These figures are from Scott Helme’s biannual report Source: Troy Hunt: Life Is
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