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To ensure the authenticity of your critical alert information, maintain the
credibility of our system, and deliver the right data to the public, Google
Public Alerts requires that you secure your data. We recommend that you secure
your feed as described in the following sections.
HTTPS with Transport Layer Security (TLS)
You must obtain an SSL certificate issued by a Google Chrome-trusted
certificate authority. For more information, see these
example certificate authorities
.
We recommend that you use
HTTP Over TLS
(https://..) over the conventional SSL channel.
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.
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