Are The Sites You're Visiting Secure?

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Are the sites you access secure? One way to tell is by checking to see if they're running on HTTPS.

HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol, while HTTPS adds a "secure" at the end. Up until the last few years, HTTP has been the standard for exchanging information between the user and a website. However, as the "S" at the end of HTTPS indicates, an HTTP connection is not secure. That means anyone on a network - whether it's in an office, home, or an insecure network like an airport or coffee shop - as well as the user's internet service provider (ISP) can theoretically see what's being sent over that network. On an HTTPS connection, on the other hand, information sent over the network is encrypted.

Some tech companies have taken steps recently to make sure that more sites are running on HTTPS instead of HTTP. For example, Chrome users will soon see more "not secure" notifications than they're accustomed to. That's because version 68 of the popular browser will now feature warnings on any site that hasn't yet converted from HTTP to HTTPS protocol, even ones that don't collect sensitive data about the user. The company hopes that the move will encourage sites that haven't yet transitioned from HTTP to HTTPS to make the switch, making user data and activity more secure across the internet.

Our own private and encrypted VPN browser, Tenta, features warnings on any site that hasn't yet converted from HTTP to HTTPS protocol. Users can tell whether or not the site they're visiting is using HTTPS by looking at the top left of the screen, where the URL bar is. A site with HTTPS will have "https" in lock icon a the beginning. Additionally, we've implemented the Electronic Frontier Foundation's HTTPS Everywhere protocol, which ensures that users are directed to the secure, encrypted version of a site instead of redirected to an in-secure, HTTP version of a site.

But while HTTPS is more secure than HTTP, it's not without its flaws. For example, while HTTPS is often used as a shorthand for proving that a site is what it says it is, an increasing number of attackers and scammers are enabling HTTPS on their sites. A site that has HTTPS can also be redirected to an insecure HTTP site, without the user knowing that's what has happened. Both of these types of attacks make insecure sites seem more legitimate and erodes some of the effectiveness of HTTPS as a security protocol.

For people who are concerned that HTTPS isn't enough, there are additional secure browsing options such as built-in VPN, DNS over TLS, and full data encryption, all of which Tenta supports by default, and more. That means that any site you visit while using Tenta VPN Browser will be through an encrypted connection, regardless of whether or not the site has implemented HTTPS.

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