Google search domains to get HTTPS by default

The steady roll-out of SSL for the world’s most popular websites continues with the news Google’s global search domains including google.co.uk are finally to get HTTPS encryption by default over the coming weeks. The company turned on HTTPS by default for its global .com domain in October, which now works…

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Twitter enables HTTPS by default

Twitter has enabled secure hypertext transfer protocol (HTTPS) for all its users by default, meaning that traffic on the micro-blogging site is now encrypted, providing better protection against man-in-the-middle attacks. HTTPS keeps the session cookie encrypted throughout the log-in session, preventing the information from being intercepted. Twitter, which made opt-in…

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