Cultivating a robust and efficient quantum-safe HTTPS
2026-03-18T01:23:44Z•28c25fe5753c0b599c15974564dbebaae160127f6b11b0334692d307fd87d48c
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What happened
A set of Chrome and Android security updates and roadmap items: Chrome is working with the IETF PLANTS WG on Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs) to make HTTPS/Certificate Transparency scalable for post-quantum cryptography and has no immediate plan to add traditional PQ X.509 roots to the Chrome Root Store. The Chromium/CA ecosystem is phasing out 11 legacy Domain Control Validation (DCV) methods per CA/Browser Forum ballots (full effect by March 2028) to reduce issuance fraud. Android updates include expanded AI-driven scam protections, Google Play enforcement outcomes (prevented >1.75M policy-vi
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- google_security_blog
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- 28c25fe5753c0b599c15974564dbebaae160127f6b11b0334692d307fd87d48c
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- 2026-03-18T01:23:44Z
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- Yes
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