On October 24, Firefox 119 will change the visual appearance for secure and insecure connections in the address bar. The prefix "https://" will no longer be visible for sites using HTTPS. But for sites using HTTP without encryption will display the prefix "http://" along with a new text note reading "Not Secure,".
It will also show a crossed out padlock icon for the latter. For example, "www.google.com" will appear for HTTPS sites, while HTTP sites will show "Not Secure httр://www.google.com".
Users can test this change in previous versions of Firefox by enablding the following about:config values.
- browser.urlbar.trimHttps
- security.insecure_connection_text.enabled
- security.insecure_connection_text.pbmode.enabled
Once Firefox 119 releases, it will reset these settings to their default values. The update will also remove the security.insecure_connection_icon.enabled and security.insecure_connection_icon.pbmode.enabled settings. You can learn a little bit more here.
Mozilla wants to clearly highlight unsecured connections, as most sites now use HTTPS. The developers see no point in removing the padlock icon, as Google already did.
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