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Sunlight analysis reveals only 15 percent of congressional websites are HTTPS ready

by timball

technology

May 26, 2015 5:00 am

Sunlight surveyed Capitol Hill Web pages, finding only 15 percent of congressional websites are completely ready for HTTPS.

Encrypting our Congress API and protecting your location

by Eric Mill

technology

Jan 28, 2014 10:32 am

If you're using our Congress API — **especially** if you use our endpoints that look up Congressional representation based upon zip code or latitude/longitude — we **strongly recommend** you use HTTPS. It's for your own protection, after all.

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