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Timeline of HTTPS adoption

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| 2016 || {{dts|August}} || Website || Netflix || Default HTTPS-only || {{w|Netflix}} announces that it is adding TLS encryption to all its video streams, and expects to finish the process by year-end.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/protecting-netflix-viewing-privacy-at-scale-39c675d88f45|title = Protecting Netflix Viewing Privacy at Scale|date = August 8, 2016|accessdate = November 19, 2017|publisher = Netflix on ''Medium''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/09/netflix-https/|title = Netflix explains how and why it's switching to HTTPS streaming. Adding encryption increases privacy for viewers -- and for Netflix.|date = August 9, 2016|accessdate = November 19, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{dts|January}} || Browser || Chrome || Security warning || With version 56, {{w|Google Chrome}} begins marking as "Not Secure" (in the address bar) any webpages collecting sensitive data such as passwords or credit-card information without using HTTPS.<ref name=not-secure-october-plans>{{cite web|url = https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-is-requiring-https-for-secure-data-in-chrome/183756/|title = Google Is Requiring HTTPS for Secure Data in Chrome|last = Murray|first = Brock|date = January 21, 2017|accessdate = November 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-tightens-noose-on-http-chrome-to-stick-not-secure-on-pages-with-search-fields/|title = Google tightens noose on HTTP: Chrome to stick 'Not secure' on pages with search fields. In October, Google will begin phase two of its plan to label all HTTP pages as non-secure.|last = Tung|first = Liam|date = April 28, 2017|accessdate = November 15, 2017|publisher = ZDNet}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{dts|March 30}} || Website || Pornhub || Default HTTPS-only || {{w|Pornhub}}, the world's largest pornographic video site, switches to HTTPS-only. Sister service YouPorn is scheduled to go HTTPS-only on April 4.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.wired.com/2017/03/pornhub-https-encryption/|title = THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PORN SITE GOES ALL-IN ON ENCRYPTION|last = Barrett|first = Brian|date = March 30, 2017|accessdate = November 9, 2017|publisher = ''Wired''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/30/15125048/pornhub-youporn-https-encryption-privacy|title = Pornhub now turns on encryption by default|last = Garun|first = Natt|date = March 30, 2017|accessdate = November 19, 2017|publisher = ''The Verge''}}</ref>
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