HTTPS Everywhere
HTTPS Everywhere Normally when you browse the web, you use the HTTP protocol. When using HTTP, the communication made between...
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HTTPS Everywhere
Normally when you browse the web, you
use the HTTP protocol. When using HTTP, the communication made between
you and the web site (web server) is not protected. If some one manage
to tap the communication, he can listen silently. If you send your
user-names and passwords with this protocol, an attacker can grab them!
But,
if you use the HTTPS protocol, everything that leaves your machine and
everything you receive from the web site will be encrypted. So, even if
some one managed to listen, he won’t be able to get your data!
Recently sites like Google, Facebook
and Twitter started introducing HTTPS in their sites. In some services,
you have to specifically opt in to use encryption. For example, to use
Google with HTTPS, you have to specifically point your browser to
https://www.google.com. Oh, that’s too much work! What if some one turn
on HTTPS automatically?
That’s what this plugin will do. HTTPS Everywhere
is a really cool plugin which will enable HTTPS where ever available.
Currently, it can recognize about 1,400 major sites and turn on
encryption. With the latest release, now this plugin can check the SSL
certificate for security flaws. Even if the site encrypts data, it still
can have flaws. Now you don’t have to worry much about them. If you are
a Firefox user, you can go to plugin settings (Click on the plugin icon
located on the top right corner of the browser) and enable SSL
observatory to get this functionality.
They have just released the Chrome
version of their plugin but still its in beta stage. You won’t get SSL
observatory with it. But still it can turn on HTTPS for you.
Before
you use this plugin, remember one thing… HTTPS encrypts the data. So,
it have to send more data between you and the server than the normal
protocol. So, it is a bit slow. Sometimes, you won’t recognize it but
some times, you will. But, it won’t be a problem if you shut your eye
and dream about a hacker stealing all your passwords when they travel
through an un encrypted channel! So, what do you think about this
plugin? Will you use it? Don’t forget to leave a comment!
You can install the plugin for Google Chrome or Firefox from here : https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
