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Title: New Firefox features will eventually be limited to secure websites only Post by: HCK on May 02, 2015, 03:00:15 pm New Firefox features will eventually be limited to secure websites only
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Mozilla is planning to gradually favor HTTPS (HTTP Secure) connections over non-secure HTTP connections by making some new features on its Firefox browser available only to secured sites.</p><p>The browser developer decided after a discussion on its community mailing list that it will set a date after which all new features will be available only to secure websites (https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/04/30/deprecating-non-secure-http/), wrote Firefox security lead Richard Barnes in a blog post. Mozilla also plans to gradually phase out access to browser features for non-secure websites, particularly features that could present risks to users’ security and privacy, he added.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2917732/mozilla-may-offer-new-browser-features-only-on-secure-websites.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: New Firefox features will eventually be limited to secure websites only (http://www.macworld.com/article/2917732/mozilla-may-offer-new-browser-features-only-on-secure-websites.html#tk.rss_all) |