Cultivating a robust and efficient quantum-safe HTTPS
2026-03-16T19:23:45Z•10982ad33bd142815b6b364fb1179dc523e29b76e62cfaf879314964c2eab20b
AI-safetyCAB ForumCertificate TransparencyChrome Root StoreDCVIETF-PLANTSMTCMaliMerkle Tree CertificatesPKITLSagentic-browsingandroidapp-securitybiometricsdomain-validationgoogle-playgpu-securitykernel-driversmalware-preventionpost-quantumprompt-injectionquantum-safescam-protectiontheft-protection
What happened
This set of Google Security Blog posts announces multiple defensive initiatives across Chrome and Android: Chrome is pursuing a quantum-safe HTTPS evolution via Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs) developed with the IETF PLANTS working group rather than immediately adding post-quantum X.509 certificates to the Chrome Root Store, to address performance and Certificate Transparency scaling; the CA/Browser Forum and Chrome Root Program are phasing out 11 legacy Domain Control Validation (DCV) methods (ballots SC-080/SC-090/SC-091) with full deprecation phased through March 2028. On Android, Google is
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