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SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and/or TLS (Transport Layer Security)

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SSL's (security) benefit to the website owner

The benefit to the website owner? Their users are safer. There's no real benefit to website owners other than that, and that's why a lot of websites still don't have HTTPS/SSL (because setting up HTTP …
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Why would someone "double encrypt"?

There are a number of reasons for sending encrypted data over an encrypted connection: even if the encryption of the connection is broken (e.g. MitM, possible but challenging with HTTPS, and leading …
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Is a modal payment over HTTPS secure if the main page is only HTTP?

No, this is not secure for two reasons: The main page could be intercepted and malicious JavaScript code could be injected that steals whatever data you're entering into the payment form. The main p …
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