Can ISPs be trusted?

[Marcel Rieux]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 09:10:27 +0500,
>  gilpel at altern.org wrote:
>>
>> I took a look before writing my answer and the information I got is it's a
>> mean for people on the net or your ISP to take a look at the data on your
>> computer *before* it's encrypted.
>
> Not on your computer, when it reaches the router.

First, note that I post this from my gmail account as I can't access
my  altern account: "connected to server" appears in the status bar,
but the login page doesn't load. Just another of the numerous problems
I encounter.

I wasn't aware that routers could encrypt messages. Anyway, I doubt
it's the case of my old GNET BB0060 :) and I never encrypt.

In any case, contrary to what I envisioned, this technique couldn't
have modified data on my computer as has happened to me, even if it
had been implemented, and it apparently wasn't.

One thing I thought might be of interest. It often takes 30-40 seconds
before the sent message is copied to the sent folder. Sometimes,
though rarely, a message saying ~ "Your message could not be copied to
the sent folder" appears.

Thanks for your info on private doorbell!