Chrome announced that it will soon transition the Chrome browser away from the lock icon that signals a secure HTTPS ... evolution of the web and what users need. New HTTPS Tune Icon.

The company notes how “browsers have shown a lock icon when a site loads over HTTPS since the early versions of Netscape in the 1990s.” As of today, over 95% of page loads in Chrome (for ...

The padlock symbol on a web browser simply means that the data being sent between the web server and the user’s computer is encrypted and cannot be read by others.