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can somebody explain why my private messages are being edited and why ?
Just an aside: Make sure everyone that you remember that PMs are NOT actually private from everyone. The DB admin of the website can look at any PM he wants.
If the servers were taken by the government, they government could look at your PMs with no difficulty. Assuming the site is backed up regularly, anything you delete is subject to the same kind of attacks.
It's not the privacy of PM's I am worried about it is the voices in my head!
Well the same goes for any sort of electronic transmission, it can be intercepted, decrypted and stored. Not really something I'd worry about though.....
Not necessarily true. I frequently (as do you) make electronic transmissions that are not reasonably readable, since they are encrypted properly.
Proper encryption algorithms are unbreakable in any reasonable amount of time.
In this case however, the database is unencrypted (as are the transmissions), and anyone with access to the database can see them.
I give this as a warning, like all those people who plan illegal things via email... Basically, when you write a PM, make sure to realize that someone could/is reading it.
True, transmissions are harder to read than databases, but if its the .gov we are speaking of, they have the resources.
And if you really want to feel secure when I was in my 400 level networking class we learned how to break into virtually any wireless network in about 200 seconds. Now I am not skilled but still belive I can probally get on basically any network in about 30 minutes.
Packet sniffing software is scary( and free )
Steven
And if you really want to feel secure when I was in my 400 level networking class we learned how to break into virtually any wireless network in about 200 seconds. Now I am not skilled but still belive I can probally get on basically any network in about 30 minutes.
Packet sniffing software is scary( and free )
Steven