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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by tonetheman on Friday February 09, 2018 @07:30AM (#16339697)
To be clear the ONLY reason this is happening is to make sure that any ad served from Google is not tampered with. This is protection for their money making machine. Plain and simple.
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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by vntok on Friday February 09, 2018 @09:41AM (#16340452)
Of course it is not the ONLY reason.
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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by tonetheman on Friday February 09, 2018 @10:07AM (#16340665)
There are some drive-by benefits but I would imagine money/ad delivery is the ultimate purpose.
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