HTTPS is a protocol that provides secure Internet transactions between web browsers & web sites. Recently, a few major sites adopted it:
Netflix will soon use HTTPS to secure video streams
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/04/it-wasnt-easy-but-netflix-will-soon-use-https-to-secure-video-streams/
reddit goes all-HTTPS
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/reddit-goes-all-https-joining-wikipedia-netflix-and-even-the-feds/
Wikipedia to go all HTTPS, all the time
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/14/wikipedia_to_go_all_https_all_the_time/
Google gives sites secured with HTTPS a slight boost in their rankings:
http://searchengineland.com/google-starts-giving-ranking-boost-secure-httpsssl-sites-199446
HTTPS Everywhere is an extension for Firefox, Chrome, & Opera which ensures that HTTPS is always used if a website makes it available:
http://lifehacker.com/https-everywhere-updates-to-keep-you-secure-on-thousand-1695541941
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
Some of the issues around HTTPS
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/12/02/HTTPS / Data Privacy Day 2012 EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation website websites protect online privacy enabling HTTPS implement HTTPS website data privacy Jolynn Dellinger site page protocol provides secure Internet transactions between web browsers web sites check web page visiting uses HTTPS URL top of your browser HTTPS HTTP "S" stands for secure browsers indicate using secure connection displaying a closed lock corner browser HTTPS protects users Internet surveillance encrypting your connection HTTPS prevents eavesdroppers seeing contents your communication website sensitive data contents email chats login credentials search terms credit card numbers sites support HTTPS turn it on by default failed to implement HTTPS at all open wireless networks coffee shops libraries users sharing network connections strangers tools Firesheep Wireshark trivial matter individuals minimal technical knowledge eavesdrop users reading writing online safeguard privacy reading habits Internet encrypt the web websites enabling HTTPS secure version of a website EFF HTTPS Everywhere browser extension extention Chrome Firefox website visit supports HTTPS included in the HTTPS Everywhere database submit a new rule track analyze implementation HTTPS Web HTTPS-enabled report EFF Access Now test a site's support for HTTPS report it to the community HTTPS is not an anonymity tool eavesdroppers where you are connecting from sites you are connecting to sites track and record your activity Tor anonymity Website administrators site admin protect users' privacy enabling HTTPS on your site /
