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Tumblr adds SSL encryption option, but not as the default |
February 04, 2014
Tumblr now allows users to encrypt their connections with the microblogging service, but the feature is only offered as an option for now—not the default.
"You can now take extra precaution against hackers and snoops by enabling SSL security on your Tumblr Dashboard,” Conrad Rushing, Tumblr’s director of security engineering, said Monday in a blog post. “Just head over to your Account Settings and flip the switch.”
The adoption rate of HTTPS—HTTP with SSL encryption—by online services has increased rapidly over the past several years, driven in part by significant growth in the mobile market.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2094100/tumblr-offers-ssl-option-but-not-default.html#tk.rss_all
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