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November 19, 2012 01:45 am GMT

Facebook Could Slow Down A Tiny Bit As It Starts Switching All Users To Secure HTTPS Connections

Facebook Security HTTPSWhen you're dealing with 1 billion people's personal info, security is critical. But Facebook didn't want to sacrifice speed. That's why it spent the last two years making infrastructure improvements so that its transition of all its users to HTTPS which starts this week will "slow down connections only slightly." People will be able to opt-out of HTTPS for maximum speed if that's how they like to roll.

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