Google’s latest stats on the utilization of HTTPS encryption around the web reveal most web traffic through Chrome is protected by HTTPS. Though the figure varies depending on the platform, 64 to 75% of traffic is secured. Google has tried to boost the implementation of HTTPS be labeling unprotected sites as insecure.
ChromeOS and macOS have the highest rate of protected traffic at over 75%. While Windows’ figure is 66% and Android’s is just 64%.
All platforms have seen significant increases. Just 42% of Chrome traffic on Android was protected last year, for example.
About a year ago, we announced that we would begin marking all sites that are not encrypted with HTTPS as “not secure” in Chrome. We wanted to help people understand when the site they’re on is not secure, and at the same time, provide motivation to that site’s owner to improve the security of their site. We knew this would take some time, and so we started by only marking pages without encryption that collect passwords and credit cards. In the next phase, we began showing the “not secure” warning in two additional situations: when people enter data on an HTTP page, and on all HTTP pages visited in Incognito mode. – Google
