Here’s a simple proposition: no one should be able to spy on your internet activity. Not criminals, not jealous lovers, not the government of the United States. That’s what Reset the Net is asking for. It’s an effort to educate people about their online privacy, and to push websites and apps to put proper security measures into place.
What are we doing here at Tumblr? Well, for a while now you’ve been able to add an extra layer of security to your dashboard by going to your Account Settings and turning on SSL. This encrypts any communication between your computer and our servers, and we’ll be making it the default setting by the end of the year. SSL changes literally nothing about your actual experience on Tumblr. It’s the same thing, just more secure.
That’s how security should be: completely expected and kind of boring. That’s the promise we’re making you. If you want the whole internet to be as uneventfully safe as Tumblr, sign the pledge.
