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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by droopybuns on Friday February 09, 2018 @10:49PM (#16345765)
The functional result for the chrome browser’s ui warnings will be almost indistinguishable from banning http.
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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by Cyphase on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @03:45AM (#16365660)
For web sites and web browsers, sure. But if you want to use HTTP for your BIOS updates (dozzie's example), then go ahead; I don't think anyone is seriously proposing to stop you. Just please make sure that it's done securely. Anyway, TLS is not enough for secure updates.
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