Twitter's Secure HTTPS Connection (And Why You Should Use It)

On Wednesday Aston Kutcher sat in the audience at the technology and ideas conference TED unsuspectingly tweeting his reactions (“wow”) to the events on stage. Someone was about to make an example of the star and show how easy it can be to hack into a personal Twitter account.

Kutcher’s next message read, for all the world to see, “Ashton, you’ve been Punk’d. This account is not secure. Dude, where’s my SSL?” Someone, likely another conference attendee from inside the room, had posted the message.