Google Chrome is going to offer an HTTPS-Only mode soon which is going to direct users away from websites that are not secure.
Google is developing a new Chrome feature that would automatically redirect visitors away from insecure websites that are still utilising HTTP. Instead of HTTP, users will be routed to sites that employ HTTPS. Google has long advocated using HTTPS, and its Chrome browser has been labelling all HTTP sites as "not secure" since 2018. Google began warning users about insecure forms on HTTPS sites with the introduction of Chrome 86 last year, in order to protect users from providing critical information such as banking information. Google is preparing to introduce a "HTTPS-Only Mode" to Chrome, according to a new post on the Chromium Gerrit website.
This HTTPS-Only Mode will be toggled off (disabled) by default, however, Chrome already defaults to using HTTPS if you do not specifically type http:// or https:// while entering a website’s URL in the address bar. For some reason, if an HTTPS version of the website you are looking for is not available and Chrom has to use the HTTP version, it is going to show you a warning page first. Sites that you allow to bypass the HTTPS-Only Mode will be saved by Google so Chrome is not going to ask you again, or warn you again, the next time you visit those sites.
Once Google Chrome supports HTTPS-Only Mode, a new toggle to "Always utilise secure connections" will be added to Chrome's security settings under the "Advanced" tab. If you enable this setting, Google will update "all navigations to HTTPS" and alert you before loading any page that does not support it. HTTPS-Only Mode Setting is described as “a setting under chrome:/settings/security to opt-in to HTTPS-Only Mode. — Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android” in the updated code.
This new option, like other new Chrome features, will be concealed behind a flag in chrome:/flags at first. This HTTPS-Only Mode for Google Chrome is presently under development and will most likely not be released until Chrome version 93 or 94. Chrome 93 will be released in August, followed by Chrome 94 in September.
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