Think Twice Before Buying From Trump's Campaign Store

When you make an online purchase, you try and take confidence that your personal information, including your credit card information, remains secure throughout the transaction. A good indicator is in the URL bar of your browser. If it shows a green lock, that means you're secure. If it doesn't then stop what you're doing and walk away. Like wise you can always look at the protocol part of the URL. If it's HTTP, then you're on a page that isn't secure. If it's HTTPS, then you are secured, though that doesn't mean the certificate encrypting your data is valid. The green lock is the key.

Let me show you an example.Head over to the store for Hillary Clinton's campaign:

https://shop.hillaryclinton.com/

You notice the green lock?

And if you look at the URL, there's that HTTPS. As matter of fact if you try to go to the insecure URL for her store, it automatically sends you to the secure version. Go ahead and try:

https://shop.hillaryclinton.com/

Let's carry this test over to the site of Donald Trump, the man who only hires the best. If you look at his main site you'll see that handy lock:

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