Insecure Links Highlighter simply puts a thick red border around insecure links on all websites:

It’s intended for a couple of use cases:

  • As an end user, discover which sites take security seriously. HSTS is not yet widely deployed, and untrustworthy ISPs can easily intercept an insecure connection, even if the first thing which would normally happen after connecting is a HTTPS redirect.
  • As a web developer, easily check whether any of the links on the page you are working on are not secure.

Options

Highlighting dynamic links (links with JavaScript event handlers) is available, but disabled by default. There’s nothing event handlers can do that the site couldn’t already have done by the time you click. The only thing this protects against in practice is the site sending you to the wrong URL, and most users aren’t going to be comparing the link URL to the final URL that closely (in particular because of how common redirects are).

The border color is also configurable, in case red is a bit much.

Feedback

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[Updated 2020-10-15.]