Smart phone
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 That said, it wasn't as out of date 3 years ago as it is now.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
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