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>2021 was the year the other major browsers followed suit, starting with Chrome introducing an HTTPS default for navigation when a user types in the name of a U
by kgeist 5y ago
>2021 was the year the other major browsers followed suit, starting with Chrome introducing an HTTPS default for navigation when a user types in the name of a URL without specifying insecure HTTP or secure HTTPS.
Is it enabled on Android? Last week a few links on HN resolved to HTTP for me, even though HTTPS was available for those sites (I checked). I noticed it because my provider injects ads in unencrypted traffic.
- fomine3 5y agoIt means that when you type "example.com" and go, Chrome tries "https://example.com https://example.com" first then tries "http://example.com http://example.com". Explicit link to "http://example.com http://example.com" is different story.
- kgeist 5y agoThat's exactly what I meant: clicking on what appeared to be "example.com" directed me to "http://example.com http://example.com", but maybe those links had explicit "http:// http://" in them indeed, I'm not sure now.