HTTPS Is Now The Default For All Facebook Users
HTTPS, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, is now the default for all Facebook users, putting the wraps on a process the social network started last November, Software Engineer Scott Renfro announced in a note on the Facebook Engineering page.
HTTPS, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, is now the default for all Facebook users, putting the wraps on a process the social network started last November, Software Engineer Scott Renfro announced in a note on the Facebook Engineering page.
Facebook first introduced HTTPS as an option two years ago, and the difference between HTTPS and traditional HTTP Web browsing is the use of Transport Layer Security, formerly known as Secure Sockets Layer, which makes communication between browsers and the social network’s servers more secure.
With HTTPS having been in use in Facebook’s native applications for iOS and Android for quite some time, nearly all traffic to www.facebook.com
