The PRIMARY benefit of using http secure (https) is that it provides:

HTTPS uses TLS/SSL to encrypt the communication channel between a client and a server, protecting the data from eavesdropping and ensuring its confidentiality during transit over the network. This encryption prevents unauthorized parties from reading sensitive information.

HTTPS primarily protects data in transit, not data at rest, which requires different encryption and storage mechanisms.

While HTTPS does provide server authentication through certificates, preventing man-in-the-middle attacks, its primary benefit in terms of data protection is confidentiality.

HTTPS does not inherently provide better session traceability; traceability is typically managed by server-side logging and session management, independent of the HTTPS encryption itself.