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Old Jan 26, 2017 | 1:44 pm
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Originally Posted by boberonicus
Look for the little padlock symbol to the left of the URL in your browser. That indicates that your session is encrypted. Here's a more complete explanation..
Right, it indicates it is encrypted alright, but it doesn't indicate who is on the other side of the encrypted connection, one must pay attention the website they are visiting is the one they actually wanted to go to, and they didn't get 'hijacked' before getting to the real website.
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