Many of us put a lot of trust in websites. We do our banking online, buy things in online shops, sign in to web sites and give out personal information. But why do we trust these websites? Probably because we trust the company behind it. Using Amazon is very convenient but to use that service we need to enter a payment method, our credit card for example and an address for shipping. We trust that Amazon will treat that sensitive data consciously. And that’s fair enough, Amazon has a good reason to keep your data safe. But how can we be sure that our data arrives safely? When we send that data to Amazon, we probably don’t want anybody else to read that information on the fly. Well, that’s where the browsers green padlock comes into play. That padlock indicates an HTTPS connection, a secure connection. But how does HTTPS work? Let’s take a closer look