How Do You Get Firefox To Utilize Secure Https Connections By Default

Unless you have a particular website bookmarked as such or manually type in https with URLs, far too many websites still automatically default to http instead. How do you get your browser to automatically utilize https connections instead? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has some helpful suggestions for a security conscious reader.

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites.

The Question

SuperUser reader Ian Kelling wants to know how you get Firefox to utilize secure HTTPS connections by default:

How do you get Firefox to utilize secure HTTPS connections by default?

The Answer

SuperUser contributors Sibi and Ian Kelling have the answer for us. First up, Sibi:

Followed by the answer from Ian Kelling:

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