Cultivating a robust and efficient quantum-safe HTTPS
2026-03-11T01:23:45Z•f97e774e32fde710de7b6970b8c42d642226bc739b06c6f657062071d796ac21
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What happened
A set of Google security updates covering HTTPS/PKI, Android protections, GPU hardening, and agentic-browser safety. Chrome announced a program to make HTTPS quantum-resistant by collaborating on Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs) via the IETF PLANTS working group rather than immediately adding post‑quantum X.509 roots; this aims to address CT and TLS performance/bandwidth issues introduced by larger post‑quantum signatures. The Chrome Root Program and CA/Browser Forum are phasing out 11 legacy Domain Control Validation (DCV) methods (mail/phone/email/other weaker methods) with a phased deprecait
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- 2026-03-11T01:23:45Z
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