{"id":4334,"date":"2017-12-20T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comunicazione21.com\/https-come-funziona\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T08:40:23","slug":"https-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comunicazione21.com\/en\/https-how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Protocol HTTPS: what it is and how it works"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-1\/5 vc_col-lg-8&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;p1&#8243;]For websites, it has now become essential: <strong>Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure<\/strong> (HTTPS) is the secure version of the HTTP protocol, which is used to send data between your browser and the website you are connected to. 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