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[–] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

The 'S' stands for "Secure". HTTPS is encrypted with SSL or, nowadays, TLS which means a third party can't intercept and read your transferred data. Http on the other hand is sent in clear text, meaning its contents can be read by anyone who can access it.

Edit: thanks nasteva@jlai.lu for the correction! I got the encryption algorithms mixed up.

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