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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 3216117, member: 44357&quot;]My guess is they were trying to sell you on a VPN (virtual private network) service. These are helpful when on unsecured networks like at a Starbucks but they offer negligible incremental value on normal</p><p>networks. And, they don&#039;t make a significant difference to snooping on already secured connections. That sort of messaging is somewhat of a fearmongering tactic which I personally don&#039;t like.</p><p><br /></p><p>Properly encrypted SSL connections are only able to be tampered or copied if there is a man-in-the-middle attack or a vulnerability in the protocol itself. The former can happen but is complicated to pull off and the latter is usually an international incident and patched swiftly (there have been a few vulnerabilities found in some of the open source software that is used to facilitate connections).</p><p><br /></p><p>But, I agree that sending data in two emails doesn&#039;t hurt. Once they&#039;re in, though, an attacker can read all emails at once. Keeping on top of your credit card statements is definitely a good strategy regardless of how you transact.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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