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What does Ecryptic mean and how do I know if a site is?

I’m not exactly sure what an ecryptic site means, but I think I have an idea, am i right? Ecryptic means when a sites personal info is impossible to decode? If I wanna buy something from that site how will I know that my card number will be safe from ID theft?

there are many methods which websites employ to keep their sites secure. One of these is encrypted websites. They stop information being intercepted and are more secure than standard websites. You can tell if a website is secure because you’ll see an "https" as the very first thing in the url of the site. A padlock icon is also shown in the browser status bar.

Of course no website is 100% secure, but https will be almost certainly secure enough to carry out online purchases.

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2 Responses to “What does Ecryptic mean and how do I know if a site is?”

  1. Ryuzaki Says:
    September 29th, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    there are many methods which websites employ to keep their sites secure. One of these is encrypted websites. They stop information being intercepted and are more secure than standard websites. You can tell if a website is secure because you’ll see an "https" as the very first thing in the url of the site. A padlock icon is also shown in the browser status bar.

    Of course no website is 100% secure, but https will be almost certainly secure enough to carry out online purchases.
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  2. MB Says:
    September 29th, 2009 at 8:15 pm

    Encrypted means just that, your data is encrypted, to make it more difficult for someone to do anything with it in the event that they did get it. Usually if you are shopping online, most reputable retailers will be using a https address….for example, https:www.tigerdirect.com

    The "s" is what tells you that it is secure. You will also see retailers with padlocks on the bottom right of your screen often, this is to let you know that they are encrypting as well.

    But be advised, there are no secure computers. As much as I hate to say it, there is no security online. Everything is hackable, and that is because there will always be a human element in the security chain that will fail at some point.
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