HTTPS Is a Good Thing, Really!
HTTPS You probably know by now that HTTPS is the way to go, but maybe you don't really know why. I will take a brief moment to show you why HTTPS is better than HTTP. Let me show you what HTTP traffic looks like: You can clearly see the username and password of the person attempting to log into this undisclosed website. Anyone with a will and Wireshark could intercept HTTP traffic, and capture sensitive information transmitted in the packet. What's so great about HTTPS? HTTPS prevents intruders from manipulating or seeing communications between you, the user, and a website. All sorts of bad things can happen when not using HTTPS, such as sending you to a website that you did not expect, forcing you to execute scripts from your browser, and many others. In short, HTTPS prevents intruders from passively listening to web traffic between you and external websites. Think of HTTP as a landline telephone. A bad guy could just pick up the receiver in another room, and pa