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Chrome browser NOT SECURE warning for non-HTTPS pages

An email from Google this month shows they are continuing their drive to make websites use HTTPS (encrypted) pages instead of plain old HTTP (unencrypted). 

From October this year, the latest version of Google's Chrome browser will show a 'NOT SECURE' warning message in the URL bar of any webpage where users enter text on an HTTP page.

For instance, this means if you have an unencrypted contact page which requests a visitor's details, it will be flagged as 'NOT SECURE'.

This is part of of Google's 'HTTPS Everywhere' initiative to get everyone using HTTPS, and if you're not at the party yet, you need to get to it.

It's just a matter of time before they flag every non-HTTPS page as insecure (in fact, in a way they already have - see the next section).

As Chrome has just under 45% of the browser market in the UK,…

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