Google Chrome will soon start trying to protect you from entering information into insecure text boxes on websites. According to a new blog post on the Chromium Blog, the change will go live starting from Chrome 86. With the new feature, Chrome will warn users when they try to fill forms on pages that are submitted insecurely.
You will still be able to submit the form if you want, by the way. So if you are on a website that you trust, or if you’re simply testing your own website on Chrome, you can continue sending your form without any issues. However, Chrome is hoping that the new security feature will make the threats more transparent to users. Obviously, sending your data over insecure protocols means a bad actor can potentially view it, or even alter it on the way. It’s never a good idea to submit personal information over through an insecure form or text field.
