https is it important?
By aubrey
@averygirl72 (38847)
Philippines
January 6, 2017 3:43pm CST
I learned that Adiphy is not a secure website because it does not use https. I found myLot has no https too. Gmail and Paypal has https and is a secure site. Do you think it's important for myLot to have https or it's just okay? I don't know the real use of https in websites. Do you understand https?
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
6 Jan 17
The "s" stands for secure, what it means is that https uses a certain layer of protection by encrypting information that is being exchanged by the sender and receiver using an SSL certificate.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
6 Jan 17
@averygirl72 i do not think they have that much to protect, what would they get from us?
, seriously an SSL certificate could easily be accquired or purchased. Sites where a lot of money passes like paypal have them.
Although secure https is no guarantee that it's 100% secure. If you have lots of credit card and bank transactions, lots of paypal money coming in, and you worry about information and identity theft totally safe connection from sites etc... get yourself a private wi-fi or VPN
, seriously an SSL certificate could easily be accquired or purchased. Sites where a lot of money passes like paypal have them.
Although secure https is no guarantee that it's 100% secure. If you have lots of credit card and bank transactions, lots of paypal money coming in, and you worry about information and identity theft totally safe connection from sites etc... get yourself a private wi-fi or VPN2 people like this
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
7 Jan 17
@louievill You explained this very well. MyLot does not need to use a secure site. Financial and email providers MUST use an SSL certificate.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
7 Jan 17
well, that site is a mail, people could be storing or exchanging important messages over there. While paypal handles our money transactions from sites we earn.
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@averygirl72 (38847)
• Philippines
7 Jan 17
So it's important for them to have https. It's not important here in mylot
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
7 Jan 17
@averygirl72 What we write here MUST be visible to the whole Internet, it's nothing private and it can be shared. This is why we do not need an https.
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@averygirl72 (38847)
• Philippines
7 Jan 17
@LadyDuck Yeah it's for only sensitive sites like Gmail and Paypal
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@averygirl72 (38847)
• Philippines
9 Jan 17
I thought all websites should have https to be a legit site
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
10 Jan 17
@averygirl72 No, it is not necessary, the main benefit of HTTPS is that it makes the site more secure for users. Financial sites (like PayPal or all those who accept payments) MUST be https.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Jan 17
I don't understand it at all so I'll be reading the comments with interest.
