Encrypt the Web
Posted on Jan 4, 2017
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This video explains the importance of website encryption (HTTPS) and introduces two tools, HTTPS Everywhere and Certbot, to help users and website owners secure their online communications. It highlights how unencrypted data is vulnerable to eavesdropping and demonstrates how these tools can be used to encrypt web traffic.
EFF is working to encrypt the web and switch every website from HTTP to HTTPS: https://www.eff.org/encrypt-the-web Two powerful tools are helping us get there: - HTTPS Everywhere, a browser plugin for users: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere - Certbot, a free and easy-to-use tool for webmasters: https://certbot.eff.org/
