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Originally Posted by gary
If you have an existing bookmark, you might want to edit it
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Well, shucks! I just updated a couple of hundred old bookmarks from HTTP to HTTPS and 95% of the sites accept a secure connection now. It's just goes to show, you can't be complacent online - it's always changing.
So, tip of the week: check your old bookmarks.
As others have said, encrypting a web connection is not a guarantee of safety, but locking the door is at least an improvement over leaving it open (with all the qualifying statements that would go with that analogy ...).
As for stronger passwords: entropy is what you want. The more entropy in your password, the stronger it is. Here's an explanation or two:
https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.p...sword_Strength
https://www.itdojo.com/a-somewhat-br...sword-entropy/