We’ve explained why you should care about HTTPS on sites like Facebook, Gmail and Twitter, so if you’ve been following along, here’s some good news: Twitter just added an option to turn on HTTPS encryption for every connection.
There are add-ons, VPNs and apps galore that offer a safer browsing experience — but the browser you use, and the sites you visit, offer strong but simple security tools, too. Here are the best of the no-hassle, no-install-required options that you should be using now.
Facebook recently announced that they’re adding full HTTPS support for the site, to keep you protected from attacks like Firesheep. The feature’s finally rolled out, and here’s how you can turn it on.
Google’s really sticking it to the man this week, first over the Chinese censorship issue and now with their battle over Gmail security, switching from “http” to the far safer “https” as the default setting.