Janric Flores

Google chrome and https Ensuring the “safeness” of one’s website is one of the most crucial factors as a website owner. Not only it secures all of your data online yet it also boosts the credibility of the site since it appears “safe” to the audience. And that is one of the main principles of Chrome: Security. In what method? By saying yes to “HTTPS”. Over time, Chrome is persistently working on giving its clients the most secured web browsing experience they will ever encounter. Unlike any other browser, it has a high sense of defense mechanism to catch something who tries to mess its security and a high level of defense. HTTPS stands for “Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure”. Compared to HTTP, the additional “S” stands for “Secure” which means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted, thus, making the customers trust your site since it is fully protected by the web browser. In this year, HTTPS usage all around the world is increasing. Large and well-known websites in countries like Japan, Brazil, and even U.S. showed an upward trend compared to the previous year in HTTPS usage. According to Emily Schechter, the manager of Chrome Security Product, Japan went from 31 percent to 55 percent last year. In Brazil, it went up from 50 percent to 66 percent and 59 percent to 73 percent in the U.S. In a transparency report by Google, in just a year HTTP usage gradually increased in just a short period of time. According to their report: 64 percent of Chrome traffic on Android is now protected, up from 42 percent a year ago. Over 75 percent of Chrome traffic on both Chrome OS and Mac is now protected, up from 60 percent on Mac and 67 percent on Chrome OS from a year ago 71 of the top 100 sites on the web use HTTPS by default, up from 37 from a year ago Chrome ensures to its clients that transferring to HTTPS from HTTP won’t be an inconvenient process to do. A certificate authority named “Let’s Encrypt” which Chrome is a platinum sponsor, is a free of charge, automated, and open certificate authority that makes securing your site inexpensive and effortless. This marks that the process involved won’t be a problem for their clients and will ensure the best results of their site’s performance once finished. Several advances of Google Chrome like securing to-level Google domains by HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) and Managed SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for Google App Engine were recently announced, ensuring the hassle-free process for site owners. Providing a better service for site owners, HTTPS is a painless and has a reasonable price to showcase to site owners as it gives the best performance that a web browser can give and has features that are a lot better than HTTP. This would be a very big help not only for site owners but for everyone to make the online social community a better and safer place to enjoy as it continuously improves over time.