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# [What Is HTTPS? How Your Browser Knows a Website Is Really Who It Says It Is](https://itsmeminsithu.hashnode.dev/what-is-https-how-your-browser-knows-a-website-is-really-who-it-says-it-is?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

That little padlock is doing more work than you think

5d ago · 7 min read · itsmeminsithu.hashnode.dev  
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