Posted by linkadge on February 8, 2020, at 12:29:59
In reply to Re: I can not reply to threads » undopaminergic, posted by linkadge on February 8, 2020, at 12:01:04
The fact is that Dr. Bob doesn't even need to be a secure site. You are not entering credit card information or social security numbers etc. You are entering passwords only. Secure sites only ensure the secure transmission of the information to the server. Everybody here is posting directly to the world wide web. Anything you post has always been accessible to anybody who visits the site.
In posting a new thread, Dr. Bob does not engage the 'secure' environment. For some reason, only the reply option attempts to activate https. So new threads you make, are not (not have ever been) made in a secure environment anyway.
In viewing the certificate, it seems that it just lapsed this Monday Feb 3, 2020. Hence it does not appear that the server was hacked or anything. Even if it was, at worst, a hacker could gain access to your password. If you're concerned about that, perhaps you can change your password to something that isn't used by other sites.
Again, there's really nothing to hide here. We're all using usernames and posting our dirty laundry for anybody to see.
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