New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2013: Comprehensive 15th Edition by June Jamrich Parsons,Dan Oja

Exercise 34

One of your relatives wants to try online shopping, but is suspicious that her credit card number might get stolen from a merchant's server by a hacker using a packet sniffer. Is it correct to tell her that she can best avoid these potential rip-offs by using a secure connection, such as HTTPS? Yes or no?