Chrome now shows a warning before an insecure site loads, so you can back out before typing a password or card number on a page that may not protect it.
Google Chrome will now warn you before you open an insecure website. Until now, the warning came after you were already on the page. The change gives you a chance to turn around before anything loads, which is the safer moment to make that call.
The warning now appears ahead of the page, not once you have arrived. That is a small shift in timing, but it matters. If you never land on the page, you never get the chance to type something into it by habit.
An insecure site is one that does not protect the data you send. That includes things like passwords and card numbers. If a site does not protect that information, others may be able to see it or grab it along the way.
Chrome is Google's web browser. It is used on phones and computers by billions of people. That means this change could reach a very large number of everyday users, whether they shop online, check email or log in to work tools.
The source material is brief. It does not say when the change reaches everyone, which versions of Chrome get it, or exactly what the warning looks like. It also does not say whether you can switch it off. Those details should become clearer as Google and others share more.
If Chrome warns you before a page loads, take the hint and skip typing passwords or card numbers there.
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