Chrome may block images and videos from your current website

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Google Chrome has been the leading browser since 2012 and is currently the preferred browser by users. According to the latest monthly study by W3Counter , it has the largest market share with 57%, an overwhelming figure if we take into account that its closest follower, Safari, has only 13.4%.

Chrome will stop loading images and videos that don't have HTTPS
During this month of December, Google will launch its Chrome 79 version and with it it will begin to do a progressive blocking, therefore from this new version, Chrome will begin to handle differently the content that we see when we browse a website , specifically the "mixed content", which are those sites that load through HTTPS but use HTTP resources .

Until now, Chrome had blocked scripts and iframes by default if they started with HTTP, but allowed static content, such as images or videos, to be displayed. Starting with the new Chrome 79 version, all this will change and photos and videos will no longer be displayed on websites that load these contents with HTTP .

Google believes that the HTTP protocol threatens user privacy and the security of their data
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the communication protocol that allows information transfers on the World Wide Web. (Wikipedia)

HTTPS: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure is an application protocol based on the HTTP protocol, intended for the secure transfer of hypertext data, i.e. it is the secure version of HTTP. (Wikipedia)

Mixed content refers to sites whose address begins with HTTPS but use resources, such as images, videos, and audio, that load using HTTP.

Google explains that it is possible to alter mixed content, giving as an example a fake stock chart that can fool investors or inject tracking code to obtain users' IP addresses or browsing activity.

Because of this, Google began classifying HTTP websites as unsafe a few years ago. However, they have not managed to eliminate all the sites that use this protocol. Therefore, they have decided to gradually start blocking m hungary mobile phone number list ixed content on websites.

The Mountain View company has a progressive plan to end up completely blocking all pages with mixed content.

This month, Chrome 79 will be released , with which they will block images, videos and audios , although with this version they will allow unblocking mixed content for some specific sites from the configuration option.

In January 2020, Chrome version 80 will arrive , with which it will automatically transform videos and audios that allow it to HTTPS, and if this is not possible, it will block them .

In February 2020, Chrome 81 will be released which will allow images to be updated to HTTPS , if this is not possible, these will also be blocked .

Google has recommended that developers migrate their mixed content to HTTPS immediately to avoid having their resources blocked or receiving “not secure” flags.

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