Twitter has made a small change to its website which us very important for the security. twitter has switched all profiles to HTTPS by default. This means the website will work now on secure HTTPS protocol rather than the typical HTTP.
HTTPS protocol will make the communication of client and the website more secure and it will be hard to intercepted and decoded the data transmitted between users and server.
“Last year, we added the option to always use HTTPS when accessing Twitter.com on the web,” Twitter wrote in blog.
“This setting makes your Twitter experience more secure by protecting your information, and it’s especially helpful if you use Twitter over an unsecured Internet connection like a public wi-fi network,” it added.
“Now, HTTPS will be on by default for all users, whenever you sign in to Twitter.com. If you prefer not use it, you can turn it off on your Account Settings page. HTTPS is one of the best ways to keep your account safe and it will only get better as we continue to improve HTTPS support on our web and mobile clients,” it added.
Till the date, users had an option to swith to the HTTPS. After this update, all users will connected with HTTPS connection. Now Twitter join the Group of those few big websites which run over HTTPS.
Users can still revert to the regular HTTP if they are having problems with the HTTPS connection. But very few people want to make these kind of technical changes.
