{"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":"

Twitter has announced the ability to use HTTPS<\/a> when accessing the micro-blogging service via a web browser. A new option on Twitter’s Account settings page lets you turn on this feature.<\/p>\n

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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

Twitter’s addition of HTTPS only protects your password when you log into Twitter, and is designed mostly so sniffers can’t discover that password when you’re on a public wifi network. It’s worth noting that, while Twitter say that HTTPS has been added to the company’s official iPhone and iPad apps, a number of third-party Twitter clients already offer this option.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, if you access Twitter via its web interface, and do so often in public locations, you should turn this setting on. There’s no down-side to it – your access in not slowed down in any way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twitter has announced the ability to use HTTPS when accessing the micro-blogging service via a web browser. A new option on Twitter’s Account settings page lets you turn on this feature. HTTPS is a secure protocol that sends encrypted data from your web browser to a web site. This is what is used when you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[134],"class_list":["post-2433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-security-privacy","category-software-apps","tag-twitter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t