Tag: Security
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Explosive growth of HTTPS
Eight years ago, 50% of the traffic to Google was in HTTP. Today Google boasts of over 95% of the traffic being secured by HTTPS. This unprecedented transition required a lot of industry-wide partnerships across multiple organizations. The biggest change I noticed was on Chrome on Android which moved from 29% to 96% HTTPS in…
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IWA: Isolated Web Apps – apps on steroids
Publishing on the web is so easy that everyone and their grandma can do it. The harder part is to secure that server and making sure the version of the content on the clients device is not hacked. There are a few different reasons why App developers still prefer Android and iOS today They are…
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A brief history of ChromeOS time
ChromeOS, the operating system which powers one of the fastest growing set of devices in the world, is one of the very few OS which is designed ground-up with security and simplicity. It may not have all the bells and whistles like in the latest Windows or Mac OS, but it does have something which…
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ChromeOS gets more Secure
One of the reasons I love ChromeOS is because its open source. Its so open, that Google encourages folks to openly hack it as well. And it pays experts reporting good reproducible security bugs. But more importantly each and everyone of those security bug reports makes the OS more secure. One of the best examples…
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ChromeOS Flex – Bringing Security & Stability to retired laptops
The simplicity and security which Chromebooks bring has been the driving force for its adoption. The 0-touch upgrades, the fleet-wide Enterprise management and silent security fixes makes it ideal for it to be used by the broader non-technical masses. I myself use it because I know its designed from scratch with security in mind. ChromeOS…