It's official…Netflix has decided to put an end to unencrypted
streaming once and for all. In a recent interview, the streaming service giant
announced that it will once again be encrypting all the connections between
their servers and their client base. This bold move isn't just a small update
and this isn't the first time Netflix has announced that it will be pursuing
this line of action in order to provide the utmost security for their users.
According to Netflix Director of Streaming Standards Mark
Watson, Netflix chose a subset of users to test this new tech on, and found
that they lost half of their capacity during the trial run. The main cause of
these less than stellar results is the fact that HTTPS is not able to utilize
certain optimizations that Netflix employs in their streaming.
