As already explained in a previous article, Surfing in HTTPS means that everything that is written on a site cannot be intercepted and read by strangers or even by the site itself. So if you write a password on a site that starts with https, thanks to this internet traffic protection, you can rest assured that the password cannot be snorted by any hacker and that it cannot even be read by the manager of that site .
The information that passes through a site in https is encrypted or encrypted, therefore made illegible and covered by an authentic security certificate.
For example, all searches made on Google are encrypted and not even the provider, the network administrator or the manager of the site where it ends up after the search can see and know what the user has searched for on the internet.
In this case, the only one able to know what searches are done by users is Google itself, thanks to cookies (which are another thing), and uses the collected data (anonymously) for its advertising business.
To have the certainty of browsing a site in HTTPS, therefore with all the data transmitted to that site protected and encrypted, there is a special and very popular extension for Chrome, Firefox and Opera, called HTTPS Everywhere .
This extension, which we recommend everyone to install, forces the browser to automatically connect in https to a website, if possible.
So if a site has a connection both http and https, Chrome or Firefox will certainly load the https site if the extension is active.
In this way, if for example you open a link from the post office or another bank or a link on Facebook that is a deception or a phishing attempt, the connection is redirected to the https site.
With this extension you can even prevent the browser from opening non-https sites, if you really want to be calm when you have to do banking transactions and you want to be sure that no password or information can be intercepted or transmitted to someone in the clear.
In this mode, however, sites like Navigaweb.net will be unreachable, because they are not available in https mode (as this site is pure reading and does not require users to register or enter personal data).
Another popular Chrome extension, KB SSL Enforcer which applies encryption on websites that support it .
This gives greater security and privacy when surfing the internet and is particularly important in public wifi networks, for example in shops and hotels (SEE ALSO: How to surf safely on public, free or unsecured wifi network)
With the extension installed, when you open a site, press the KB button and then press on Enforce.
Reload the web page you were viewing to get the encrypted version in https.
The security of https is a different matter from the privacy issue of Google and, as seen, plugins are required for the browser to prevent data collection and tracking or to have privacy in tracking the clicks made on Google and Facebook.
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