How To Know Which Websites Are Secure And Which Aren't
The internet as we all know can be very safe at times but there are some sites that are real dangers to us all. In this post we will be talking about how we can know which sites are safe to visit and those that will cause problems to us 1 . Before giving any information to a website, you should make sure it is secure. Below are some quick tips that you can use to tell if a site is secure. Check the SSL Certificate Look at the URL of the website. If it begins with “https” instead of “http” it means the site is secured using an SSL Certificate (the s stands for secure). SSL Certificates secure all of your data as it is passed from your browser to the website’s server. To get an SSL Certificate, the company must go through a validation process. However, there are a few different levels of validation—and some of them are easier to get through than others. The lowest level of validation, Domain Validation (DV), simply validates ownership of the domain and no...