Encryption for Bing Searches

Microsoft Will soon Use HTTPS to Encrypt Bing Search Traffic by Default

Paul Sawers | June 15, 2015

Microsoft has announced that it will start using the HTTPS protocol by default to encrypt all search traffic coming from Bing.
Though Bing has given users an encryption option for more than a year, it was an opt-in feature requiring a user to tweak their settings — but from this summer, it will be switched on automatically.

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