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| 2015 || {{dts|March 12}} || Website/App || Pinterest || Default HTTPS-only || {{w|Pinterest}} announces that it has moved over to HTTPS, describing the challenges it faced along the way. With the increased security in place due to HTTPS, Pinterest also introduces a paid bug bounty program for the white hat hacker community to find security flaws.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://medium.com/@Pinterest_Engineering/making-pinterest-https-637ec925a8ad|title = Making Pinterest HTTPS|last = Moreno|first = Paul|date = March 12, 2015|accessdate = November 20, 2017|publisher = Pinterest Engineering via Medium}}</ref>
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| 2015 || {{dts|June 8}} || Website || United States government || Default HTTPS-only || The White House {{w|Office of Management and Budget}} issues the HTTPS-Only Standard directive requiring that all United States federal government websites provide service only via HTTPS, with a deadline of end of 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2015/m-15-13.pdf|title = Policy to Require Secure Connections across Federal Websites and Web Services|date = June 8, 2015|last = Scott|first = Tony|accessdate = November 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/06/08/https-everywhere-government|title = HTTPS-Everywhere for Government|last = Scott|first = Tony|date = June 8, 2015|accessdate = November 20, 2017|publisher = Obama White House Archives}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.computerworld.com/article/2933172/government-it/us-to-require-https-for-all-government-websites.html|title = US to require HTTPS for all government websites. All public sites will be required to use the protocol by the end of 2016|last = Williams|first = Martyn|date = June 8, 2015|accessdate = November 20, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2015 || {{dts|June 12}} || Website || Wikipedia || Default HTTPS-only || The Wikimedia Foundation publishes a blog post stating that all properties (including Wikipedia) are being switched over to HTTPS; previously, HTTPS was used only for logged-in users. It seems the switch is being made immediately.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/12/securing-wikimedia-sites-with-https/|title = Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS|last = Welinder|first = Yana|last2 = Baranetsky|first2 = Victoria|last3 = Black|first3 = Brandon|date = June 12, 2015|accessdate = September 25, 2016|publisher = Wikimedia Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/06/15/wikipedia-switches-https-default/|title = Wikipedia switches to HTTPS by default|last = Thomas|first = Karl|date = June 15, 2015|accessdate = September 25, 2016|publisher = WeLiveSecurity}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/wikipedia-goes-all-https-starting-immediately/|title = Wikipedia goes all-HTTPS, starting immediately. "We believe that the time for HTTPS by default is now."|last = Farivar|first = Cyrus|date = June 15, 2015|accessdate = September 25, 2016|publisher = ''ArsTechnica''}}</ref>
