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    Browser Tips

    Oct 06, 2021 5 minutes

    CHROME

    Force websites to use secure connections

    Chrome has now switched from a six-week release schedule to a four-week one, so version 94 of the browser is already upon us (we covered Chrome 93 in Issue 615’s Best Free Software). The most notable new feature ensures that you always browse securely by automatically upgrading websites to their encrypted HTTPS connections. When that isn’t possible because a site only uses unencrypted HTTP, Chrome will stop it loading and display a warning (see screenshoot 1 below), leaving you to decide whether you want to continue to the site or go back.

    This HTTPS-only option (which has long been available in Firefox and Brave) is disabled by default, but it’s easy to turn it on (and off again, if it starts to annoy below left).

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