The Chromium Security Paradox

8 wild_pointer 3 5/2/2025, 1:03:39 PM island.io ↗

Comments (3)

graemep · 1d ago
This seems to make some odd claims:

"Chromium has developed and pioneered several security architectures such as: HTTPS for encrypted communication."

https is more than a decade older the Chromium.

The whole thing is an attempt to sell their "enterprise browser" and "by embedding enterprise-grade IT, security, network controls, data protections, app access, and productivity enhancements directly into the browser itself"

wild_pointer · 16h ago
They pushed hard for its adoption, for example with the "Not secure" indicator: https://aboutssl.org/how-to-fix-the-https-not-secure-message...

There are other, not less important players, such as Let's Encrypt.

So while they didn't develop or pioneer HTTPS per se, they played an important role.

M95D · 21h ago
We really need to move from "user accounts" to "application accounts".