[LINK] Encrypt the Web with the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox Extension

Kim Holburn kim at holburn.net
Sat Jun 19 14:17:55 AEST 2010


https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/06/encrypt-web-https-everywhere-firefox-extension
> Encrypt the Web with the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox Extension

> Today EFF and the Tor Project are launching a public beta of a new  
> Firefox extension called HTTPS Everywhere.
>
> This Firefox extension was inspired by the launch of Google's  
> encrypted search option. We wanted a way to ensure that every search  
> our browsers sent was encrypted. At the same time, we were also able  
> to encrypt most or all of the browser's communications with some  
> other sites:
>
> 	• Google Search
> 	• Wikipedia
> 	• Twitter and Identi.ca
> 	• Facebook
> 	• EFF and Tor
> 	• Ixquick, DuckDuckGo, Scroogle and other small search engines
> 	• and lots more!
> Firefox users can install HTTPS Everywhere by following this link:
>
> <https://www.eff.org/files/https-everywhere-latest.xpi>
>
> As always, even if you're at an HTTPS page, remember that unless  
> Firefox displays a colored address bar and an unbroken lock icon in  
> the bottom-right corner, the page is not completely encrypted and  
> you may still be vulnerable to various forms of eavesdropping or  
> hacking (in many cases, HTTPS Everywhere can't prevent this because  
> sites incorporate insecure third-party content).
>


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