FW: IMPORTANT- http:// & https://

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Subject: IMPORTANT- http:// & https://

               IMPORTANT- http:// &  https://

                      MANY PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF

**The main difference  between http:// and https:// is It's all about keeping you  secure**

HTTP stands for HyperText Transport Protocol, which is just a  fancy way of saying it's a protocol (a language, in a manner of speaking) for  information to be passed back and forth between web servers and clients. The  important thing is the letter S which makes the difference between HTTP and  HTTPS.
The S (big surprise) stands for "Secure".

If you visit a  website or webpage, and look at the address in the web browser, it will likely  begin with the following: http://.
This means that the website is talking  to your browser using the regular 'unsecure' language. In other words, it is  possible for someone to "eavesdrop" on your computer's conversation with the  website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the  information you send to that site.
This is why you never ever enter your  credit card number in an http website!
But if the web address begins with  https://, that basically means your computer is talking to the website in a  secure code that no one can eavesdrop on.
You understand why this is so  important, right?
If a website ever asks you to enter your credit card  information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins  with https://.
If it doesn't, there's no way you're going to enter  sensitive information like a credit card number.

PASS IT ON

(You  may save someone a lot of grief)


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Obinna Otis
"We can do no great things, only small things with great Love. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot remove"