HTTP vs HTTPS

I had to use Art's computer in the other room tonight because he wanted to watch a TV show and I wanted to work on my computer. When we chose our office space, we didn't plan on this difficulty.

Anyway, that's not what I'm writing about.

When I went onto his computer to access my blog I couldn't get on. I couldn't understand it. My blog address was always www.http//travelerswife.blogspot.com/, but his computer wouldn't recognize it.

I went onto another browser I've used before and suddenly found that my blog address had a slight change. It was now https://travelerswife.blogspot.com/.

Blogger must have added the s.

I found this explanation on Snopes.

The main difference between http:// and https://FIRST, MANY PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF
**The main difference between http:// and https:// is it’s all about keeping you secure** 

HTTP stands for HyperText Transport Protocol, which is just a fancy way of saying it’s a protocol (a language, in a manner of speaking) for information to be passed back and forth between web servers and clients. The important thing is the letter S which makes the difference between HTTP and HTTPS. 

The S (big surprise) stands for “Secure”. If you visit a website or webpage, and look at the address in the web browser, it will likely begin with the following: http://.
This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular ‘unsecure’ language. In other words, it is possible for someone to “eavesdrop” on your computer’s conversation with the website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the information you send to that site. 

This is why you never ever enter your credit card number in an http website! But if the web address begins with https://, that basically means your computer is talking to the website in a secure code that no one can eavesdrop on. 

You understand why this is so important, right?
If a website ever asks you to enter your credit card information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with https://. If it doesn’t, there’s no way you’re going to enter sensitive information like a credit card number.
PASS IT ON (You may save someone a lot of grief).

I thought this was important information that people should be aware of.

On the other hand, despite the added s to our web address, I'm still getting a ton of spam. It's so irritating. Not only am I getting that sleazy spam from Mumbai, but I've occasionally gotten some pretty nasty spam from someone with an agenda against boomers. The weird thing is that it's coming in as Anonymous.

I keep notifying Blogger, but nothing happens. I've had to install the Word Verification option again for a few days though I really didn't want to but it hasn't made a difference. We'll see what happens.

POSTSCRIPT:

I'm back on my own computer now and checked my settings. I was curious because I was noticing that some blogs I visited last night said UNSECURED and I saw that their address was http.

I don't remember setting this up this way and I don't know if Blogspot did it. Whatever the case, I guess I'm a secured website.

But I still got those annoying spam last night. Sigh...