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The article emphasizes the importance of secure connections to .mil websites, such as the U.S. Naval Academy, highlighting the use of HTTPS to ensure safety when sharing sensitive information.
Let's Encrypt, a certificate authority founded in 2013, has played a crucial role in encrypting the web by providing free certificates and automating the process of issuing and installing them. Together with tools like EFF's Certbot, Let's Encrypt has enabled over 250 million active certificates, protecting hundreds of millions of websites. This has significantly improved online security and privacy, with 78% of pages loaded now using HTTPS compared to 27% in 2013. While there is still progress to be made, Let's Encrypt and Certbot celebrate ten years of success in encrypting the web and look forward to further growth and safety online.
Google Chrome is set to remove its lock icon, which indicates website safety, and replace it with a version of Google's "tune" icon as part of a major redesign. The lock icon is being scrapped because it flags HTTPS-only sites as dangerous, even though they are generally considered secure. Google's research showed that many users misunderstood the lock icon's meaning, and the new icon aims to make permission controls and additional security information more accessible while avoiding misunderstandings. The change will be introduced with Chrome 117 in September.
Google plans to replace the padlock icon that appears in the Chrome status bar during a secure HTTPS web browsing session with the "tune" icon, which is commonly used to indicate controls and settings. The lock icon has become outdated as HTTPS is now the norm, not the exception. The new icon aims to provide a neutral signifier so people don't misinterpret the lock to mean that a page should be trusted and to emphasize that security should be the default state for Chrome. The tweaked tune icon is slated to debut in Chrome 117, due in early September 2023.
Google will retire the padlock icon denoting HTTPS connections in Chrome 117, slated for release in September, because only 11% of users understand its precise meaning. The padlock icon will be replaced by a "tune" icon, giving access to various settings and status messages. The Chromium team says that Chrome will continue to alert users in the address bar when a site isn't using HTTPS. This change is especially important because of the Chromium engine's current dominance; Chrome accounts for about two-thirds of all Internet usage.
Google will replace the lock icon, which has long been associated with website security and trustworthiness, with a new icon that doesn't imply that a site is secure or should be trusted. The lock icon will be replaced with a "variant of the tune icon" in Chrome 117, which releases in early September 2023, as part of a general design refresh for desktop platforms. The lock icon will also be replaced in Google Chrome for Android in September, but it will be removed from iOS.
Google Chrome is replacing the HTTPS lock icon with a "tune" icon as part of its Material You redesign in September. The lock icon has become less effective in signaling security protections, and research shows that users misunderstand its meaning. The new icon is meant to be a neutral indicator that security should be the default state in Chrome and is more obviously clickable. It will also make permission controls and additional security information more accessible. The new icon will be available on Chrome for desktop and Android, while the iOS app will remove the lock icon entirely.