Secure Socket Layer (SSL, HTTPS) is an encrypted internet protocol used for business transactions so that servers between you and the website, including your ISP, cannot read the data (like your CC number) being transferred. But it is increasingly being used for general privacy such as the search engine Startpage: https://www.startpage.com/
Thanks for the info. I need to study this further! We have
to protect ourselves when government ceases to. Who trusts
them anyhow!