Encrypted connections coming soon for all Wikipedia readers

Posted by bob on Jun 16, 2015 2:09 AM EDT
CSO; By Nick Mediati
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As of right now, the data that moves between Wikipedia.com and most users is unencrypted, which increases the chances that someone else may be eavesdropping on you. That, however, is about to change: On Friday, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that it's moving its sites toward HTTPS by default, so that all data transferred between you and its servers will be encrypted.

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