the.com/tls
The padlock on your browser that stops hackers from reading your passwords in transit.
means Transport Layer Security is the encryption protocol that scrambles data moving between your device and a website so eavesdroppers see gibberish instead of your secrets.
from Born in 1995 as SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), created by Netscape to protect early e-commerce. Renamed TLS in 1999 when the IETF took it over and made it less embarrassingly breakable. Version 1.3 arrived in 2018, finally killing off the cryptographic garbage fire that was earlier iterations.
the padlockThat browser lock icon means TLS is active, not that you trust the site
still called SSLEveryone says SSL; nobody cares that TLS is technically correct now
certificate requiredSites need a digital ID proving they are who they claim to be
not foolproofEncrypts transit, not what sketchy sites do with data after arrival