The case for https: Wikipedia moves towards the 'secure' web

Net neutrality has been a raging issue in India over the past couple of months. Wikipedia said on its official blog, “Today, we’re happy to announce that we are in the process of implementing HTTPS to encrypt all Wikimedia traffic. We will also use HTTP Strict Transport Security to protect against efforts to ‘break’ HTTPS and intercept traffic. With this change, the nearly half a billion people who rely on Wikipedia and its sister projects every month will be able to share in the world’s knowledge more securely.” Strict transport security is a mechanism that allows websites to tell browsers or clients that they need to connect using a secure connection only, and not via the vulnerable http. We agreed, and made this transition a priority for our policy and engineering teams.” Earlier, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales had said that he would prefer exiting China rather than follow censorship laws.