Before diving into HTTPS Everywhere, I would like to show you the table of contents.
HTTPS
Everywhere is a browser extension, that forces HTTPS on every website, even on
those websites who don’t use HTTPS, and using HTTPS is way more secure than
HTTP.
Most of the
network/WiFi attacks are associated with MITM (Man In The Middle) attacks, in
MITM attack the attacker can downgrade any HTTPS website to HTTP, and once the
is in HTTP, he will be able see all your data associated with the website, for
instance, if you try go to https://facebook.com/ , the attacker will first downgrade
the website to http://facebook.com/
, and after downgrading the
website, the attacker will be able to see all the activities that you do on Facebook
including your login id, login password, etc.
You can
install it on most of the common browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Opera &
Google Chrome.
Download Links (Desktop) :
• Google
Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/https-everywhere/gcbommkclmclpchllfjekcdonpmejbdp
• Mozilla Firefox - https://www.eff.org/files/https-everywhere-latest.xpi
• Microsoft
Edge - https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/https-everywhere/fchjpkplmbeeeaaogdbhjbgbknjobohb· • Opera
- https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/https-everywhere/
• Brave
– Included.
• TOR
Browser – Included.
Download Links (Mobile) :
• Mozilla
Firefox - https://www.eff.org/files/https-everywhere-latest.xpi
• Google
Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/https-everywhere/gcbommkclmclpchllfjekcdonpmejbdp
• Brave
– Included.
• TOR
Browser – Included.
• Onion
Browser – Included.
After going to the download webpage, add the extension
in your browser.
It may ask
you for a confirmation, click on the “Add extension” button to confirm.
Click on
the “Extensions” icon present beside the URL/Address bar.
After
opening the “Extensions” tab, pin HTTPS Everywhere.
Done!
Now HTTPS Everywhere has been installed successfully & we are ready to use
it!
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Open the
HTTPS Everywhere extension, you will see a message saying “HTTPS Everywhere is
OFF”.
Click on
the switch present beside the message saying “HTTPS Everywhere is OFF”.
Now the
message will change to “HTTPS Everywhere is ON”.
Open the
HTTPS Everywhere extension, you will see a message saying “HTTPS Everywhere is
ON”.
Click on
the switch present beside the message saying “HTTPS Everywhere is ON”.
Now the
message will change to “HTTPS Everywhere is OFF”.
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Open the
HTTPS Everywhere extension, you will see a message saying “Encrypt All Sites
Eligible is OFF”.
Click on
the switch present beside the message saying “Encrypt All Sites Eligible is
OFF”.
Now the
message will change to “HTTPS Everywhere is ON”.
Open the
HTTPS Everywhere extension, you will see a message saying “Encrypt All Sites
Eligible is ON”.
Click on
the switch present beside the message saying “Encrypt All Sites Eligible is
ON”.
Now the
message will change to “HTTPS Everywhere is OFF”.
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“Rules, About
HTTPS Everywhere & Donate To EFF” are the 3 buttons present at the bottom
of the extension.
View All
Rules : This button will redirect you to the webpage of HTTPS Everywhere
containing all the rules of HTTPS Everywhere.
About HTTPS
Everywhere : This button will redirect you to the webpage of HTTPS Everywhere
which will give you a detailed description of HTTPS Everywhere.
Donate to
EFF: This button will redirect you to the webpage of EFF where you can donate
money.
To reset
settings to default, open the HTTPS Everywhere extension & click on the
“Reset to Defaults” button.
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Go to the website
on which you want to disable HTTPS Everywhere.
Open the
HTTPS Everywhere extension & then click on the “Disable HTTPS Everywhere on this
site” button, and then reload the website.
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