Wired Security Spoken Edition

The push to encrypt traffic throughout the web has resulted in safer and more secure browsing across millions of sites. But not everywhere uses the so-called Transport Layer Security that keeps HTTPS-enabled sites safe from prying eyes. Including, it turns out, Apple’s iTunes and iOS App Store infrastructure, which runs its downloads over unencrypted connections. Typically you can tell when a website uses HTTPS encryption by the little green padlock on the left side of the URL bar. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices