In plain English
It means information moving between the browser and the website is encrypted while it travels. It also means the browser has confirmed that the website is really the site it claims to be.
In context
Here, “secure connection” shows a site-connection state in which the browser’s communication with the website is encrypted and the browser has authenticated the website’s identity.
- Situation
- Understanding encryption, privacy, data-sharing, and secure-connection labels
- What it communicates
- shows a protected site-connection state
Meaning limits
By itself, this term does not establish what the website will do with information after that connection is in place.
Examples
“The page loaded over a secure connection after the browser confirmed the site’s identity and encrypted the traffic.”
“Midway through the visit, the browser lost its secure connection to the website.”