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By now most bloggers know just how important it is to have their blogs secured by SSL/TLS encryption.
If you’re a blogger and you haven’t yet enabled SSL/TLS encryption on your own blog(s), this post explains why I recommend that you get it done ASAP.
If you have already taken the plunge and encrypted your blog(s), there’s something you really need to know… [Read more…]
Is your blog encrypted with an SSL/TLS certificate? If it isn’t, it really needs to be, and quick!
But that’s a story for another day. This post is a warning about the security certificate that you could be using on your blog right now.
Google has announced that their Chrome browser will soon stop trusting certificates issued by Symantec and several Symantec-owned companies (Thawte, VeriSign, Equifax, GeoTrust, and RapidSSL).
In a nutshell, if your blog is secured by certificates that were issued by one of these companies your blog won’t be displayed in the upcoming versions of the Chrome browser.
What’s more, the other major browsers are expected to quickly follow Chrome’s lead.
Instead of seeing your blog, your visitors will see this warning in Chrome (or something similar if they’re using a different browser): [Read more…]