Re: Proposal: Marking HTTP As Non-Secure

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 1:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

You would be much better advised to create proactive mechanisms for
> detecting suspicious activity (man-in-the-middle attacks) and alerting when
> there really is a bonafide threat


That is exactly what HTTPS is.

, as opposed to creating signal pollution in your UX.
>

I leave you with this:
>
> http://image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-photo-street-intersection-congested-with-street-signs-57695734.jpg


Currently, Chrome (and most other browsers) show only the equivalent of the
traffic light. We propose to wire up the red lamp. (Recently, we unhooked
the yellow lamp, precisely because a proliferation of signals confuses and
annoys people:
https://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2015/10/simplifying-page-security-icon-in-chrome.html
)

There are no plans, at the moment, to add a No Skateboarding sign to Chrome.

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