Google Chrome to start blocking all types of mixed content in HTTPS web pages from January 2020

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A web site might be HTTPS, but its sub-resources, such as ads, are often downloaded via insecure HTTP

Google has announced that its Chrome web browser will begin blocking all types of non-HTTPS content starting from January 2020. The move will affect web-page sub-resources, such as adverts, that ar...

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