Twitter Joins Facebook in Beefing Up Security, Foiling Hackers

Twitter allows users to lock in use of HTTPS–meaning not just any amateur sitting next to you in a cafe can hack your account. Twitter recently became the latest major site to bow to pressure to make itself more secure. It added the option for users to permanently run the site via HTTPS, a more secure protocol that foils simple hacking strategies that have gained major press of late.

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Twitter Joins Facebook in Beefing Up Security, Foiling Hackers