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| Subject: Googl's 'gift' to NSA: Will reward encrypted sites Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:48 am | |
| In an effort to make the Internet a safer place, Google will prioritize secure websites in search results, giving a boost to those URLs with an “https” — “s” as in “secure” — over “http.” According to Mashable, 56 percent of websites are encrypted — a topic that took center stage during April’s Heartbleed security flaw revelation. In a blog post Wednesday, Google said that “over the past few months we’ve been running tests taking into account whether sites use secure, encrypted connections as a signal in our search ranking algorithms. We’ve seen positive results, so we’re starting to use HTTPS as a ranking signal.” By rewarding such encrypted sites, Google is essentially encouraging organizations with non-encrypted websites to switch to encryption. The tech company plans to release a set of guidelines helping organizations make that transition.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/google-search-will-reward-encrypted-sites/ _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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