(Entry was posted by Jim Munro on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 12/28/2016).

HTTPS won`t prevent a site from being hacked

I think using the hashtag #NOHACKED in this context is egregiously misleading.

HTTPS won`t prevent a site from being hacked. Of course you should not ask for credit card details or any other details without SSL but the slack use of this hashtag is brainwashing people into thinking that https will secure their site from hackers or that people can be confident that they cannot be attacked by a malicious site that uses HTTPS. They can.

It`s just bulldust - propaganda for gullible people willing to accept what Google says without checking for themselves..? From the end of January with Chrome 56, Chrome will mark HTTP sites that…

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Jim Munro: I think using the hashtag #NOHACKED in this context is egregiously misleading.

HTTPS won't prevent a site from being hacked. Of course you should not ask for credit card details or any other details without SSL but the slack use of this hashtag is brainwashing people into thinking that https will secure their site from hackers or that people can be confident that they cannot be attacked by a malicious site that uses HTTPS. They can.

It's just bulldust - propaganda for gullible people willing to accept what Google says without checking for themselves..