If a prompt appears, asking if you would like your computer to store your user name and password, select NO . Always remember to log off after a session. Depending on where you use this computer, clearing the browser s cache might be an advisable measure. Unfortunately, not all browsers are created equal. One of the most important features of a browser is its encryption system.
Encryption is essentially high tech scrambling.
That is, your browser converts the information you are about to send into unreadable code, which can only be deciphered by our server. In this way, if a transmission were to be intercepted en route to its destination, the information they would see would be the encrypted code and therefore undecipherable. The distinction between these two types of encryption is essential, since 128-bit encryption is virtually impossible to crack. To find out what kind of encryption your browser uses, click here . Regardless of what type of encryption your browser uses, if a site is not secure, neither are your transmissions.