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“Chrome will now default to HTTPS for most typed navigations that don’t specify a protocol2. HTTPS is the more secure and most widely used scheme in Chrome on all major platforms. In addition to being a clear security and privacy improvement, this change improves the initial loading speed of sites that support HTTPS, since Chrome will connect directly to the HTTPS endpoint without needing to be redirected from http:// to https://.”
The Mountain View firm went on to add that sites that don’t currently support HTTPS will still work. Chrome will just switch these URLs back to the less-secure HTTP option.
This major change to the way Chrome works will begin rolling out on the desktop and Android versions of Chrome, with iOS following afterwards.
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