On 4/24/2021 1:18 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
> 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.Â* It's
>>>>>> always encrypted when you establish a connections with banks and
>>>>>> such.Â* It's encrypted in your browser and can only be decoded when
>>>>>> it reaches your banks web servers.Â* Same with everything they send
>>>>>> to you over the network.Â* 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.Â* 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 That said, it wasn't as out of date 3 years ago as it is now.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.Â* (How funny he still has Netscape
>>> somewhere.)
>>
>> His Netscape 4.73 (circa 2000) was a combo product that included
>> mailer and browser, IIRC.Â* Mozilla Seamonkey would be its
>> predecessor.
>>
>> -sw
>>
>
> Ass backwards. Netscape was the predecessor of seamonkey. Seamonkey
> still exists.
>
>
The dwarf is also a mental midget, double ****ed.