In a recent company blog post, Emily Schechter, Google Chrome security product manager announced that the browser will start marking all HTTP websites as “Not Secure” as of July 2018.

The current version of the Google-based web browser displays a neutral information icon (i’) when an HTTP website is opened by a user which the user can click and get the message ‘Your connection to this site is not secure.’ On the other hand, Chrome displays “Secure” instead of the information icon when an HTTPS website is opened on it. While this method also aims towards a secure browsing experience, not all users actually click on the ‘i’ icon or know the difference between an HTTP and an HTTPS website. This is why Google aims to display the “Not Secure” message in a similar fashion.

Google’s decision helps in establishing a stronger online network by making online firm owners switch to an encrypted interface. By doing so, the user’s information is exchanged through a safe medium disallowing any third party to interfere with the transaction. “Based on the awesome rate that sites have been migrating to HTTPS and the strong trajectory through this year,” says Schechter, “we think that in July the balance will be tipped enough so that we can mark all HTTP sites.”

Other than that, Google also announced improvements to its Lighthouse app which helps business owners shift to an HTTPS network. “Chrome is dedicated to making it as easy as possible to set up HTTPS. Mixed content audits are now available to help developers migrate their sites to HTTPS in the latest Node CLI version of Lighthouse, an automated tool for improving web pages,” says Schechter in her blog post. As suggested by Schechter, the latest updated version of the Lighthouse app comes with a new audit which enables users to identify the resources that are loaded in an HTTP and an HTTPS website. Therefore, shifting from an HTTP network is now very easy as it only requires the operator to change the website’s subresource to that of an HTTPS one.