26 January 2011 8 Comments

Facebook Introduces HTTPS Opt-In for Users, Impacts App Developers

In an article posted today on the Facebook Developer Blog, Facebook announced that they would be offering users the option to switch their Facebook experience to HTTPS-only, which would force all Facebook page loads to be routed over SSL.

27 July 2010 7 Comments

Using SSL in a Facebook Application Tab

In short – you can’t. Or at least not if you want to be PCI compliant. In order to pass a user’s personal information through a secure encrypted channel, you will need to collect that data on an IFRAME application page. No two ways about it. Here’s why: