Google Chrome to dam insecure downloads beginning this spring

Google these days introduced that it might quickly warn Chrome customers about “insecure” downloads, the primary transfer in a plan to dam them completely. “Today we’re announcing that Chrome will gradually ensure that secure (HTTPS) pages only download secure files,” mentioned Joe DeBlasio of the Chrome safety crew in a weblog publish. “Insecurely-downloaded information are a …
Google today announced that it would soon warn Chrome users about “insecure” downloads, the first move in a plan to block them entirely. “Today we’re announcing that Chrome will gradually ensure that secure (HTTPS) pages only download secure files,” said Joe DeBlasio of the Chrome security team in a blog post. “Insecurely-downloaded files are a …Original article
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