P/W Question

[Snarl]

I get a popup which says the connection is not secure.

Yes you can PM any of the Admins or myself

Unless an entire computer is encrypted with strong encryption, and is never turned on with an OS that can decrypt it, all the information on it is vulnerable.

Probably still vulnerable if the right (wrong?) people get their hands on it physically.  I know of three agencies that have incredible decryption capabilities.  They never share what they have, because then it would be discovered that the processes exist.  The first one of these I 'saw' was back in the early '90s and it was virtually flawless.  To defeat it, you would have had to capture distributed data across various portions of the frequency spectrum in a variety of formats at specific points of time ... and the receiving end would have to know how to piece it back together.

I was allowed to see how this was done.  The most fascinating part (to me) was how encryption/decryption schemes were shared by sending and receiving parties.  The tech that made just that small aspect of the whole thing work ... the level of thought behind it ... really blew me away.  I've never considered anything about electronic-based communication secure since.  Main reason I stayed off the Internet for as long as I did.

I'll guarantee you this: your ISP knows EVERYTHING ... and they willingly share it with Big Brother.