Google will mark non-encrypted websites with a scarlet letter

Google Chrome users may now enable a mark of shame when visiting websites that don’t use HTTPS encryption.
As Motherboard reports, these sites will have a red “X” and gray padlock icon next on the left side of the address bar. Google currently uses this icon to flag instances where encryption doesn’t work properly, but may also expand it to unencrypted HTTP sites.
For now, the icon is available as an optional flag in Chrome. Users can enable it by visiting chrome://flags