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=HTTPS Everywhere [Browser Extension]= | =HTTPS Everywhere [Browser Extension]= | ||
*Install: HTTPS Everywhere web browser plugin. | *Install: HTTPS Everywhere web browser plugin. Available for Firefox, Chrome, and Opera. | ||
*What it does: When you connect to a website sometimes that website has the capacity to deliver pages and your requests over an encrypted connection, but sometimes they don't by default enable encryption. | *What it does: When you connect to a website sometimes that website has the capacity to deliver pages and your requests over an encrypted connection, but sometimes they don't by default enable encryption. HTTPS Everywhere makes sure that when encrypted web connections are possible it will be used. This only protects the content of the information you're requesting, not which website you're requesting from. | ||
*Use case: Make what you post on certain websites and your passwords is actually encrypted when you visit them. | *Use case: Make what you post on certain websites and your passwords is actually encrypted when you visit them. | ||
*More info: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere | *More info: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere | ||