In an age when security on the internet is of the utmost importance, secure transmission of data is often an issue especially financial or other sensitive information.
That is why websites will begin with either http or https.
WHAT is HTTP and HTTPS?
HTTP stands for “Hypertext Transfer Protocol”. Add the “s” and you have “Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure”.
HTTP is a request-response protocol. This means that the server is answering a request for information, and sends it without controlling how it gets there.
HTTPS uses a series of communications between the client (for example, your computer) and the server (the computer which will send you the information) to be sure that you are sending your information to only the server and to verify the source of the information and to ensure its security by using Transport Layer Security (TLS) or its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
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