![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It won’t be the default for now, only an option that can be turned on, but if the past is any guide it will eventually become something that has to be turned off in future releases. There are some HTTPS security caveats worth mentioning, but before getting to them we’ll start with the news that that Mozilla’s Firefox will, from May’s version 76, offer the option to browse in an HTTPS-only mode. It’s not universal yet, but with search engines such as Google downgrading sites that stick with HTTP, and popular browsers marking them as ‘not secure’, unencrypted web connections are surely heading for extinction. Using an HTTPS site means that your browser and the site establish an encrypted connection which can’t be snooped on by ISPs, rogue Wi-Fi access points, or anyone else trying to monitor the content of that traffic with bad intent. Converting websites from HTTP to HTTPS over the last decade must count as one of the most successful quiet security upgrades ever to affect web browsing. ![]()
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