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What is HTTP and HTTPS?
HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transport Protocol, which is mostly used for transferring information back and forth between web servers and clients. HTTPS stands for Hyper Text Transport Protocol Secure. It transfers the data between web servers and clients in a more secure Way.
If you visit a website or webpage, and take a look at the address in the web browser, it will probably start with the following: http://. This means that the website is communicating to your browser using an ‘unsecure’ language. In other words, it is possible for an unknown person to “eavesdrop” on your computer’s conversation with the website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the information you send to that site.
But if the web address commence with https://, which basically means your computer is conversing to the website in a secure code that no one can eavesdrop on.
This is why you never enter your credit card number in a HTTP website!
If a website whenever requests you to enter your credit card details, you should involuntarily look to observe if the web address begins with https://. If it doesn’t, there’s no way you’re going to enter sensitive information like a credit card number!