A Padlock Proves Less Than You Think
from Breach Signals
The padlock and HTTPS tell you that your connection is encrypted and tied to a hostname. They do not tell you whether the person behind that hostname is honest. Learn what TLS proves, what it does not prove and how to check identity before you sign in, pay or share information. Links from this episode: https://scan.now/podcast https://scan.now/ssl-checker https://scan.now/guides/ssl-tls-explained
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