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HTTPS Everywhere 3.0: EFF Boosts Web Security With 1,500 New Site Additions

Calendar Oct 09, 2012 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released a new version of its HTTPS Everywhere browser extension for Firefox that now supports encryption on even more web sites. The US digital rights advocacy organisation says that version 3.0 of its Firefox add-on, which automatically redirects users to more secure HTTPS connections when accessing certain web pages, now supports an additional 1,500 sites, more than twice as many as previous stable releases.

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