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<info>
 <desc>Learn how to protect your data using Tor Browser and HTTPS</desc>
 <link type="guide" xref="index" />
 </info>

<title>Secure Connections</title>

If personal information such as a login password travels
 unencrypted over the Internet, it can very easily be intercepted by an
 eavesdropper. If you are logging into any website, you should
 make sure that the site offers HTTPS encryption, which protects against
 this kind of eavesdropping. You can verify this in the URL bar: if your
 connection is encrypted, the address will begin with “https://”, rather
 than “http://”.
 
 
 <media type="image" width="700" src="media/secure-connections/https.png" />
 
 
 The following visualization shows what information is visible to
 eavesdroppers with and without Tor Browser and HTTPS encryption:

<xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" />

<list>
 <item>
 
 Click the “Tor” button to see what data is visible to
 observers when you're using Tor. The button will turn green to
 indicate that Tor is on.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 Click the “HTTPS” button to see what data is visible to
 observers when you're using HTTPS. The button will turn green to
 indicate that HTTPS is on.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 When both buttons are green, you see the data that is visible to
 observers when you are using both tools.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 
 When both buttons are grey, you see the data that is visible
 to observers when you don't use either tool.
 
 </item>
 </list>
 <terms>
 <title>Potentially visible data</title>
 <item>
 <title its:translate="no">
 <xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" parse="xml"
 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@id='string-site']/text())">
 <xi:fallback>site.com</xi:fallback>
 </xi:include>
 </title>
 
 The site being visited.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 <title its:translate="no">
 <xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" parse="xml"
 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@id='string-login']/text())">
 <xi:fallback>user / pw</xi:fallback>
 </xi:include>
 </title>
 
 Username and password used for authentication.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 <title its:translate="no">
 <xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" parse="xml"
 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@id='string-data']/text())">
 <xi:fallback>data</xi:fallback>-->
 </xi:include>
 </title>
 
 Data being transmitted.
 
 </item>
 <item>
 <title its:translate="no">
 <xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" parse="xml"
 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@id='string-location']/text())">
 <xi:fallback>location</xi:fallback>
 </xi:include>
 </title>
 
 Network location of the computer used to visit the website (the public
 IP address).
 
 </item>
 <item>
 <title its:translate="no">
 <xi:include href="media/tor-and-https.svg" parse="xml"
 xpointer="xpointer(//*[@id='string-tor']/text())">
 <xi:fallback>Tor</xi:fallback>
 </xi:include>
 </title>
 
 Whether or not Tor is being used.
 
 </item>
 </terms>
</page>

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