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Remove AppCache from non-secure contexts

Category
Security
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Removed (Chrome 70)
Intent stage
None

Summary

AppCache is now removed from insecure contexts. AppCache is a powerful feature that allows offline and persistent access to an origin, which is a powerful privilege escalation for an XSS. This will remove that attack vector by only allowing it over HTTPS. This feature was deprecated in Chrome 67.

Standards & signals

Docs: https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/deprecating-powerful-features-on-insecure-origins https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-secure-contexts/

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