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Firefox 76 gets optional HTTPS-only mode
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<blockquote data-quote="Stopspying" data-source="post: 869474" data-attributes="member: 69368"><p>Converting websites from HTTP to HTTPS over the last decade must count as one of the most successful <em>quiet</em> security upgrades ever to affect web browsing.</p><p></p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It’s not universal yet, but with search engines such as Google downgrading sites that stick with HTTP, and popular browsers <a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/09/09/google-to-slap-warnings-on-non-https-sites/" target="_blank">marking them as ‘not secure’</a>, unencrypted web connections are surely heading for extinction.</p><p></p><p>Continued at <a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/03/27/firefox-76-will-have-option-to-enforce-https-only-connections/" target="_blank">Firefox 76 will have option to enforce HTTPS-only connections</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stopspying, post: 869474, member: 69368"] Converting websites from HTTP to HTTPS over the last decade must count as one of the most successful [I]quiet[/I] security upgrades ever to affect web browsing. 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. It’s not universal yet, but with search engines such as Google downgrading sites that stick with HTTP, and popular browsers [URL='https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/09/09/google-to-slap-warnings-on-non-https-sites/']marking them as ‘not secure’[/URL], unencrypted web connections are surely heading for extinction. Continued at [URL="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/03/27/firefox-76-will-have-option-to-enforce-https-only-connections/"]Firefox 76 will have option to enforce HTTPS-only connections[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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