If you want to ensure your addiction to looking at cute cat pictures is kept private, Reddit has your back.
Starting July 29, all Reddit pages will be encrypted and kept secure through HTTPS protocol. This essentially makes it impossible for hackers to spy on users or intercept data. Through this protection, Reddit will also not be able to determine what username a person is logged in as or what posts the user is submitting, an essential feature to a site that thrives on pseudonymous communities.
Reddit will be joining Wikipedia and all federal websites that have also turned toward encryption for security purposes. Bing announced recently that all search traffic will be encrypted beginning this summer. Last August, Google announced that encrypted websites would receive a small boost in search rankings, further incentivizing a secure Internet.
Users can determine if a website is encrypted by looking for a green padlock symbol in the address bar.
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