It encrypts all data sent between the client (you) and the server (the server the website is hosted on). This prevents any data from being snooped on by other people. See the HTTPS?) SSL Encryption is EXTREMELY secure ( How Secure?, you ask). ICloud, Google, StackExchange, Yahoo, Chase Bank, Twitter, Spotify, and basically every website ( hopefully) that requires you to login or submit information uses an addition to the HTTP protocol called HTTP S, or HTTP + SSL, or secure sockets layer (Yes, us computer people like to shorten things). Meaning anyone connected to ( or not connected to) the WiFi network can snoop on all passwords, credit cards, addresses, etc. HTTP is an insecure protocol that send data over plain text.

When connecting to you are using, yes you guessed it, the FTP protocol, or File Transfer Protocol. In a URL the first section specifies the protocol so when connecting to you are using the HTTP protocol. Wait I've seen that before - Yes you have. Note: The following is way more info then anyone needs but I thought why not.Ī while back, around when the internet was created, HTTP, or the Hyper text Transfer Protocol, was created to transfer website data.

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