A large number of the Internet’s major websites still don’t use encryption, or haven’t implemented it correctly, potentially exposing their users to hackers and spies.
Despite a widespread movement toward more encryption on the web, which is commonly referred to as HTTPS and signaled with a green lock pad on your browser’s address bar, only 25 of the world’s top 100 websites use it by default, according to a new survey published by Google on Tuesday.
The internet giant published data on other websites, as well as its own services, in an effort to encourage—and perhaps even shame—more site owners and webmasters to adopt better practices to protect users privacy and security.
