Google to add ‘HTTPS-Only Mode’ for more secure web browsing

For the time being, this feature is now available in the Canary channel of Google Chrome. In a future version of Chrome, users can see a new option under security settings.

As per officials, the mode is going to be a huge improvement to Google Chrome’s security.

The new version will add an additional layer of security without any user action and will be enabled by default.

According to Chrome Story, the HTTPS-only mode appears as a new “Always use secure connections” option in the browser settings.

Its description states, “Upgrade all navigations to HTTPS and warn you before loading sites that don’t support it”.

On the other hand, Mozilla Firefox already has similar feature that was launched in 2020, fails to load the resources when the mode is enabled.

However, some websites malfunction when the HTTPS-only mode is enabled. To resolve the issue, users have to disable the HTTPS-only mode and reload such websites.

Google’s HTTPS-only mode might handle such scenarios similarly.