{"id":24994,"date":"2019-01-29T15:21:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T05:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/?p=24994"},"modified":"2019-01-29T15:21:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T05:21:24","slug":"whats-fuss-https-site-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/whats-fuss-https-site-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s The Fuss About HTTPS? Is My Site Safe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you noticed a \u201cNot Secure\u201d tag next to your business website URL? <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Not<\/p>\n

And that it shows a warning like this?<\/p>\n

\"HTTP<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry, you\u2019re not alone. <\/span><\/p>\n

A few years ago, moving a website to HTTPS (a secure server) was optional and mainly for online retail businesses with pay gates, where higher security was required. The rest of us didn\u2019t pay any mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

But now\u2026 while it is still optional, those without a secure site may be losing potential customers. <\/span><\/p>\n

As of July 1, 2018, Google made it a lot more obvious when a site hasn\u2019t moved over to HTTPS. With an update to Google Chrome, users would see when a website isn\u2019t on HTTPS. <\/span><\/p>\n

Google explained this in their blog<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past several years, we\u2019ve moved toward a more secure web by strongly advocating that sites adopt HTTPS encryption. And within the last year, we\u2019ve also helped users understand that HTTP sites are not secure by gradually marking a larger subset of HTTP pages as \u201cnot secure\u201d. Beginning in July 2018 with the release of Chrome 68, Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as \u201cnot secure\u201d.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the difference between HTTP and HTTPS?<\/span><\/h2>\n

The main difference is HTTPS uses a secure server, that allows your connection to a website (i.e. your browsing data within that website) to be encrypted. HTTP doesn\u2019t. <\/span><\/p>\n

You want to make sure you go from this:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Not<\/p>\n

To this:<\/span>\"Secure<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret the internet is prone to security threats, and has been pretty much since its inception. This move to HTTPS is Google\u2019s attempt at making a safer, more secure browsing experience for everyone. A few other benefits of HTTPS may include:<\/span><\/p>\n