This means that almost all traffic to its website and most of the traffic to its mobile site will be established through a secure connection.
“This uses Transport Layer Security (TLS), formerly known as Secure Sockets Layer, and makes the communication between your browser and Facebook servers more secure,” the post says.
This should add a new protection layer for all Facebook users, as the social network hopes to protect them from eavesdropping attacks.
The https was first introduced as an option a few years ago, but now it has become the default setting for everyone. Prior to the migration, it appears that about one third of users had chosen it.
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