Brace yourself for a slew of security warnings from Chrome

Tomorrow -- Tuesday, 28 July -- sees the release of Chrome 68. Many people will regard this as just another browser update, but the release sees an important change to the way Chrome handles unencrypted websites. The new way in which non-HTTPS sites are handled means that Chrome is going to start throwing up warning messages whenever an insecure site is encountered -- a reversal of the way things have been up until now. See also: Chrome's RAM usage is higher than ever as Google introduces Site Isolation to fight Spectre Google doubles down on Chrome extension security by blocking… [Continue Reading]