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Chrome 86 Will Warn You (Twice) About Insecure Web Forms – PCMag AU
Autofill will be disabled and warning alerts will pop-up a couple of times if a user starts filling out or tries to submit an insecure form.
We’ve all become used to websites utilizing HTTPS, especially as browsers pop-up warnings for non-HTTPS web pages, but Chrome version 86 is going a step further and targeting web forms.
In a post on the Chromium Blog, Shweta Panditrao from the Chrome Security Team has announced that Chrome 86 is introducing more security around web forms. The problem being tackled is known as “mixed forms.” That’s the term used for when a user is presented with a web form served using a secure HTTPS link, but w…
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