Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:07:10 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 4/23/2021 5:06 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:00:16 -0400, Gary wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/23/2021 1:55 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>> That's not how it works when you use an up to date browser. It's
>>>>> always encrypted when you establish a connections with banks and
>>>>> such. It's encrypted in your browser and can only be decoded when
>>>>> it reaches your banks web servers. Same with everything they send
>>>>> to you over the network. They pay fees for their SSL certificates
>>>>> that make all this possible, but are useless if your browser is out
>>>>> of date.
>>>>
>>>> Just to note... I wasn't using the old Netscape browser for this. I was
>>>> using Thunderbird on the neighborhood wifi connection.
>>>>
>>>> It was (and still is) Thunderbird vs 45.0
>>>> I should update it, I suppose. lol
>>>>
>>>> That said, it wasn't as out of date 3 years ago as it is now.
>>>> I've always heard not to use secure info (like a bank password) on a
>>>> shared network.
>>>
>>> Thunderbird is an email client. You don't browse the web with it.
>>>
>> Firefox, both Mozilla products. (How funny he still has Netscape
>> somewhere.)
>
> His Netscape 4.73 (circa 2000) was a combo product that included
> mailer and browser, IIRC. Mozilla Seamonkey would be its
> predecessor.
>
> -sw
>

Ass backwards. Netscape was the predecessor of seamonkey. Seamonkey
still exists.