Ever since the advent of online payment platforms, thousands of people are being robbed on a daily basis due to lack of information. A lot of us already know about this, so it's for those who have no idea why some sites are secure and some aren't.
Whenever you're visiting a website, you might've noticed two types of protocols being used
_, For example, _
1. http://xyz.com
_2. https://xyz.com _
Time to know this with 32 lakh debit cards compromised in India.
Many of you may be aware of this difference, but it is
worth sharing for any that are not.....
The main difference between HTTP:// and https:// is all
about keeping you secure
HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol
The S (big surprise) stands for "Secure".. If you visit a
Website or web page, and look at the address in the web browser, it likely begins with the following: http:///.
This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular unsecured language. In other words, it is possible for someone to "eavesdrop" on your computer's convo with this Website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the information you send to that site.
This is why you never ever enter your credit card number in an
Http website! But if the web address begins with https://, that means your computer is talking to the website in a
Secure code that no one can eavesdrop on.
You understand why this is so important, right?
If a website ever asks you to enter your Credit/Debit card
Information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with https://.
If it doesn't, You should NEVER enter sensitive
Information....such as a credit/debit card number.
For more information on HTTP and HTTPS visit
https://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-products/https.html
While checking the name of any website, first look for the domain extension (.com or .org, .co.in, .net etc). The name just before this is the domain name of the website. Eg, in the above example, http://amazon.diwali-festivals.com, the word before .com is "Diwali-festivals" (and NOT "Amazon"). So, this webpage does not belong to amazon.com but belongs to "diwali-festivals.com", which we all haven't heard before.
You can similarly check for bank frauds.
Before your banking logins, make sure that the name just before ".com" is the name of your bank. "Something.icicibank.com" belongs to icici, but icicibank.some1else.com belongs to "some1else".
Hope this saves someone the grief of being robbed.
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