nsane.forums Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 The security add-on for Firefox called HTTPS Everywhere (download) that forces HTTPS encryption on numerous popular Web sites has graduated to its first stable release, about a year after it was released into public beta. The tool does not let you force HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) willy-nilly on Web sites. Instead, it includes a series of rules that supports sites that allow HTTPS encryption. The Electronic Frontier Foundation said in the blog post announcing the release that it encompasses more than 1,000 popular sites, including Google Search, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, bit.ly, GMX, Wordpress.com blogs, The New York Times, Paypal, EFF.org, Tor, and Ixquick. The extension was co-developed between the EFF and The TOR Project, which is a Web service that encrypts data transmitted to and from your computer. Not only is HTTPS Everywhere site-dependent, even sites that it works for might have some content that slips out of the encryption. The best way to check this, the EFF wrote, is to ensure that your browser's lock icon isn't broken or carrying an exclamation mark. "However, the effort that would be required to eavesdrop on your browsing should still be usefully increased," the blog post said. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0nyB Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Love HTTPS Everywhere, have used it in combination with HTTPS Finder for months now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishmoo21 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 are they gonna make an extension for chrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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