What is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS?

Hey Check N Finders, welcome back to Check N Find. Today we are going to talk about the difference between HTTP and  HTTPS. You might notice that sometimes you write HTTP before your website address but you find HTTPS when your browser opens the website. In this post, we are going to figure out the reason behind it. Let's save our time by jumping to our main topic further talking.
HTTP: 

So Basically, we know that HTTP stands for hypertext transfer protocol. At the beginning of the internet, all the network administrator was thinking about that how they could manage all the information to share on the internet. Then the great Sir Timothy John Tim Berners-Lee invented the hypertext transfer protocol. He is the founder of HTTP. This protocol was created to make a connection between the clients and the servers. But this protocol was not too secure. Because the request that was transferring from users devices to the servers were totally un-encrypted. This is why any third party systems or peoples were able to read all the request and messages that were transferring. This includes users username, password, credit card details and all kinds of credentials. This is not safe at all, is it? So, what about https? Let's figure that out.
HTTPS: 

As we have known earlier that HTTP stands for hypertext transfer protocol we might want to know "HTTPS stands for what?" Okay, HTTPS stands for hypertext transfer protocol secure. It does mean that the last letter "S" stands for "Secure". This is now some kinds of clear to us that the connection with the server in HTTPS is secured. But how does it work? It simply encrypts the connection between you and your server. As a result, if someone tries to track your request, he will find some meaningless encrypted data. That's why there is no chance for hackers to hack your data with Man In The Middle Attack. Because the encryption system is totally secret. So that nobody can play with your personal information using the transfer protocol system.
So, this was a very short post just to make you understand why you should avoid only HTTP connections. Make sure that you are on HTTPS connection while inputting any credentials on any websites.
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