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Originally Posted by Merlin66
If you’re not a website handlng financial transactions why bother???
Doesn’t mean anything.
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Actually it does.
If you use the same password for IceinSpace as you do anything else I would seriously suggest you change it. I would even go as far as to say that you should ensure that it is not even remotely similar to any other password you use.
Additionally I would recommend that you not share any personal information that you wish to remain secure in PM's.
A lot of people consider a secured site as simply having an SSL certificate that verifies the site's identity. Whilst this is certainly the case it also allows the website to encrypt all information and traffic using the SSL protocol over port 443. Typically unsecured sites use port 80 and therefore utilise no encryption protocols. Not only is the data on the website typically stored in plain text and not encrypted the communications are also not encrypted and easily intercepted.
Free SSL certificates are available and whilst they do not provide the same level of verification as a paid for certificate (some certificates cost in to the $10's of thousands of dollars and carry very well recognised verification standards) they do provide the opportunity to encrypt the website and all communications between your browser and the website.
As I mentioned in my previous thread SSL has quickly become the norm. Consider that even google.com which is a simple web search engine has a verified SSL certificate and uses port 443.