Most of the web’s traffic routes over a standard open protocol called HTTP. Because HTTP traffic is unencrypted, any information sent over HTTP can be read and modified by anyone. While a secure version of HTTP (HTTPS) has been around for a while, some websites have been slow to adopt it. Now there is a helpful tool that will keep your information more secure when you are online.
Developed by The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox, Chrome, and Opera extension that encrypts your communications, making your browsing more secure. …

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