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| 2013 || {{dts|August 21}} (actual release), August 1 (announcement) || Website || Wikipedia || Default HTTPS-only || Wikimedia Foundation turns on HTTPS for all logged-in users (announcement August 1).<ref>{{cite web|url = https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/01/future-https-wikimedia-projects/|title = The future of HTTPS on Wikimedia projects|date = August 1, 2013|accessdate = September 25, 2016|publisher = Wikimedia Foundation|last = Lane|first = Ryan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.fastcompany.com/3015199/the-code-war/after-nsas-xkeyscore-wikipedia-switches-to-secure-https|title = After NSA's XKeyscore, Wikipedia Switches To Secure HTTPS. The Wikimedia Foundation has announced it's pushing ahead with plans to secure its online systems due to NSA targeting.|last = Eaton|first = Kit|publisher = ''Fast Company''|date = August 2, 2013|accessdate = September 25, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2013 || {{dts|October 24}}, 25 || Website || Internet Archive || Default HTTPS-only || The {{w|Internet Archive}} announces that its websites archive.org (which includes the {{w|Wayback Machine}} at web.archive.org) and openlibrary.org are defaulted to HTTPS-only, though they will still be available over HTTP.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://blog.archive.org/2013/10/25/reader-privacy-at-the-internet-archive/|title = Reader Privacy at the Internet Archive|last = Kahle|first = Brewster|date = October 25, 2013|accessdate = November 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/internet-archive-will-shield-visitors/|title = Internet Archive Will Shield Visitors|last = Streitfeld|first = David|date = October 24, 2013|acccessdate accessdate = November 19, 2017|publisher = ''New York Times'' Bits Blog}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/10/25/3-million-users-per-day-internet-archive-switches-https-connections-default/|title = With over 3 million users per day, the Internet Archive switches to HTTPS connections by default|last = Protalinski|first = Emil|date = October 25, 2013|accessdate = November 19, 2017|publisher = ''The Next Web''}}</ref>
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| 2014 || {{dts|August 6}} || Search ranking || Google Search || HTTPS boost || Google announces search results will give preference to sites using HTTPS. This added ranking signal would be a "lightweight" ranking boost.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html |title=HTTPS as a ranking signal |publisher=www.google.com |accessdate=Dec 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://thenextweb.com/google/2014/08/07/google-is-now-ranking-websites-with-https-higher-in-its-search-results/|title = Google is now ranking websites with HTTPS higher in its search results|last = Russell|first = Jon|date = August 7, 2014|accessdate = November 19, 2017|publisher = ''The Next Web''}}</ref>
