Cultivating a robust and efficient quantum-safe HTTPS
2026-03-04T20:44:10Z•71e32840c92b1d03c1fdeaf62d36186256fbfd84fc92bdb92eb99d28e4f12d3e
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What happened
Google published a set of security updates across Chrome and Android focused on future-proofing transport security, strengthening platform defenses, and hardening components. Chrome announced a program to pursue quantum-safe HTTPS using Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs) under the IETF PLANTS workstream rather than immediately adding post‑quantum X.509 certs to the Chrome Root Store, and encouraged CT/PKI evolution; the Chrome Root Program and CA/Browser Forum are also phasing out legacy domain control validation (DCV) methods (full effect by March 2028). Android posts describe expanded AI-driven
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- google_security_blog
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- 71e32840c92b1d03c1fdeaf62d36186256fbfd84fc92bdb92eb99d28e4f12d3e
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- 2026-03-04T20:44:10Z
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- Yes
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