BFeely

Not so sure that's crucial here.

Hehe, he probably went down town and got his face slapped by all those women you sought a bit of hanky pany from.  I mean, saying "I brought my own Viagra" just doesn't cut it anymore.  At least ya could've wined and dined 'em first... with the emphasis on the 'wined', cos admit it, mate, a woman 'd have to be a bit tipsy before hanky turned into panky with you.  Yes, I know, some gals find the rugged look appealing... handsome, even, but you're not likely to find too many cave women in your neck of the woods.

Hehe, again!  I had my identity stolen once.... bloke returned it 20 minutes later and I accepted the 50 bucks he paid me to take it back.

Seriously, identity theft is a serious issue and people can't be too careful in this day and age, what with all the scammers and skimmers being devised all the time to rob people of not only their money but also their dignity, of the trust and respect others once had for them

However, I don't know that we have too much to worry about here at WC.... so long as nobody signs in as me and starts calling Jafo all the so and so's under the sun.

All our bank/CC details are held at Stardock, which has been secured, so I'm not too worried my WC profile, etc.  Should anything untoward happen with my WC account, heaven forbid it does, I'm confident that Stardock and the relevant people will sort it out and notify me.

If sufficiently concerned, a VPN service is always an option.

Okay, we'll start a petition to see if to see if members distrust their ISPs  If so, we'll petition them to see if they wanna petition the Admins at WC to see if they wanna petition Stardock to do a survey to see if we want SSL, ABS and SLi

Seriously, if it concerns you that much, there are ways to speak with people who may be able to assist: eg; Island Dog and Jafo, the site admins, or perhaps to Stardock directly, where all the site coding is done.

Hehe, I want a vehicle for some petty fun... like sending anonymous emails to various public figures [won't call 'em politicians here] to call them all the ******s under the sun and other insulting names.

Seriously, though, many businesses are using VPNs to protect their interests, and more and more individuals are doing the same with so many scammers seeking to rip off peoples cash and identities, etc.  In fact, it's something I should look into, being I'm doing more online transactions these days due to ongoing mobility/getting out issues,

The login occurs over HTTPS. You can confirm that yourself by checking the javascript or using an intercept proxy.

Those VPNs are completely different from VPN services.  A business VPN is an extension of their private network, allowing employees on the road to access their network.  Such a VPN is an encrypted tunnel between the employee's computer and a server placed on the edge of the business network, giving the employee a fully private link between their computer and the business network.

"VPN" services simply use the same technology to allow a user to make an encrypted connection to the provider's servers which in turn act as a "gateway" to the Internet.  The only privacy afforded is between the customer's computer and the "VPN" provider, and once at the provider can be intercepted at any point from there to the web server the customer thinks is getting private access to.