{"id":2433,"date":"2011-03-16T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T12:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2011-03-16T13:45:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T12:45:23","slug":"twitter-beefs-up-web-security-with-https-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/twitter-beefs-up-web-security-with-https-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Beefs Up Web Security with HTTPS Option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/2011\/03\/making-twitter-more-secure-https.html\">has announced the ability to use HTTPS<\/a> when accessing the micro-blogging service via a web browser. A new option on Twitter&#8217;s Account settings page lets you turn on this feature.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/twitter-https.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"twitter-https\" width=\"310\" height=\"113\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/twitter-https.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/twitter-https-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/twitter-https-100x36.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HTTPS is a secure protocol that sends encrypted data from your web browser to a web site. This is what is used when you send a credit card, for example, or when you log in to certain web sites. When HTTPS is used, you see that the URL of the web page begins with https:\/\/, and you see a padlock in your browser window.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter&#8217;s addition of HTTPS only protects your password when you log into Twitter, and is designed mostly so sniffers can&#8217;t discover that password when you&#8217;re on a public wifi network. It&#8217;s worth noting that, while Twitter say that HTTPS has been added to the company&#8217;s official iPhone and iPad apps, a number of third-party Twitter clients already offer this option.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, if you access Twitter via its web interface, and do so often in public locations, you should turn this setting on. There&#8217;s no down-side to it &#8211; your access in not slowed down in any way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter has announced the ability to use HTTPS when accessing the micro-blogging service via a web browser. 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