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Security: (Remember, you cannot control whether security is on)
- Purpose: to see whether or not a page is encrypted (i.e. secure) in order to do credit card transactions, etc...
- Note: Encryption just means that the number you enter is coded when
traveling through the network, and that only the person who is suppose to
receive it will have the key to unlock the code.
- Look at the padlock on the toolbar, if you are on a secure page the padlock
is locked. Additionally, there is a padlock in the lower left side of
the screen.
- If the padlock is unlocked the page is not secure (personally, I'm not going
to put my credit card information in on a non-secure page)
- The page we are on now doesn't need security, therefore the padlock won't
lock.
- Note: Clicking on the Security button doesn't turn it on, rather it
shows you information about the pages security. Remember again, you
CANNOT turn security on, that is up to the people asking for your credit card
#.
- Follow
this
link to see what a "locked padlock" looks like. (The link takes
you to the Amazon.com shopping cart page).
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