January 21, 2009 ~ Are you secure on the internet?

A friend shared this with me and I thought as many of us who use our Internet for paying bills, purchasing gifts or even donating money to Haiti relief we must be aware of predators who are out to steal from us. I feel led to share this information you may already be aware of. Hope you find this useful in being safe and a better steward of what God has entrusted to us.

Have a blessed day!

Rev Patrick Muston


The Difference Between http and https

Maybe you already knew this, but I thought it was important enough to send even if you already know.FIRST, MANY PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF The main difference between http:// and https://.

It's all about keeping you secure - HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transport 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 will likely begin with the following: http://.

This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular 'unsecure' language. In other words, it is possible for someone to "eavesdrop" on your computer's conversation with the 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 basically 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 card information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with https://.

If it doesn't, there's no way you're going to enter sensitive information like a credit card number.PASS IT ON (You may save someone a lot of grief).