twitter http - AllTwitter http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter The Unofficial Twitter Resource Copyright 2013 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Twitter Beefs Up User Safety, Makes Secure HTTP The Default For Twitter.com Last March Twitter implemented new functionality that allowed users to increase their security by allowing them to browse Twitter.com via a HTTPS (HTTP Secure) server.

HTTPS provides encrypted communication and secure identification on a web server, and is most commonly used for financial transactions. HTTPS for Twitter (and also Facebook, which activated HTTP Secure browsing in January 2011) offers greater protection when accessing the network over unsecured WiFI connections.

Now, in an effort to further improve user safety, Twitter has made HTTPS the default setting for all profiles.

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]]> Shea Bennett http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/twitter-https_b18585#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/twitter-https_b18585 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=18585 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:00:14 +0000