HTTP over Transport Layer Security, also know as https, can go a long way to improving the security and privacy on a website. When you see a site's URL with https://, that site exercises good care on its internal security to protect user data and against break-ins
Here are several approaches you can take to improve web security in the way you browse, share links, and configure your own sites, using https.
Install HTTPS Everywhere in Firefox and Chrome. HTTPS Everywhere from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (in conjunction with the Tor Project) automatically redirects from an insecure to a secure site wherever possible. The browser plug-in is available for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera, and Firefox for Android. Safari (and Internet Explorer) aren’t supported because of design choices in the extension architecture in those browsers.
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