New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2014 16th Edition by June Jamrich Parsons,Dan Oja

Exercise 8

One of your relatives wants to try online shopping, but is suspicious that her credit card number might get stolen from a merchant's server by a hacker using a packet sniffer. Is it correct to tell her that she can best avoid these potential rip-offs by using a secure connection, such as HTTPS? Yes or no?