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by John W. Simek, Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

Chrome to Block HTTP Downloads

February 13, 2020

If you maintain a website, you better check that all traffic is being provisioned via HTTPS. If there are downloads occurring over HTTP, Chrome will block those downloads this year. Google will introduce this change gradually rather than all at once. Versions 81 and 82 of Chrome will first warn about executable downloads via HTTP. According to a Naked Security post, "From version 83, due in June, these will be blocked outright and Chrome will start offering warnings for archives files such as .zip." Warnings for HTTP downloads of other file types will continue with subsequent Chrome versions. Finally, Chrome 86 (due in October) will block all HTTP downloads. In other words, if your website has mixed content (HTTP and HTTPS), elements will be blocked this fall. Spend some time and fix your website so that all content is securely delivered via HTTPS.

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