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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 lower right hand corner of the screen, you should see something
that looks like Image A below.
- You'll see there is NO padlock showing you the site 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.
- Remember 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 a former Amazon.com shopping cart page and you'll
see something like Image B below).
Image A: 
Image B: 
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