Browsing Facebook with https instead of http

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I stumbled upon something I wanted to share with you guys while I was searching for the difference between http and https.

Well, I found an article, snopes.com: http vs. https and essentially it talks about the difference between http and https, but there was a little tip in there that really surprised me. By default your facebook account settings are set to browse facebook unsecured (http) but you can actually change that setting in your profile to browse secured instead (https).

If you go to facebook and look in your browser, chances are it says http:// instead of https:// which essentially means you're not browsing the site in a secure session. But you can actually change that in your account.

Go to (from the top right corner usually), Account > Account Settings > Account Security > Secure Browsing and set that to enabled.

After you do that, you should notice that you're now browsing facebook with a secured connection https://

Just figured I'd share that, probably will help keep your account safer from the bad guys

I wonder why they don't utilize the https connection by default?
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  • Because you can't play the stupid games there on a secure connection. Nearly everything you do asks you to "temporarily" disable it (hoping you'll forget).

    Thomas
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    • Really? Didn't know that.

      Maybe after the change on October 1st for the ssl connection on apps it will become secure by default.
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    • If you set it to https, almost all your facebook apps won't work. Or you just have to change it back and forth.
      For instance, if you want to upload photos and it uses an app, you won't be able to.
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    Browsing Facebook with https instead of http

    I stumbled upon something I wanted to share with you guys while I was searching for the difference between http and https. Well, I found an article, snopes.com: http vs. https and essentially it talks about the difference between http and https, but there was a little tip in there that really surprised me. By default your facebook account settings are set to browse facebook unsecured (http) but you can actually change that setting in your profile to browse secured instead (https).