retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.) wrote in news:enmdgh$3qr$1@reader2.panix.com:

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> In article <1167891719.482665.4360@11g2000cwr.googlegroups.co m>,
> <miso@sushi.com> wrote:
>>http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123035765
>>
>>Unsecured networks open door for hackers, spies
>>
>>by Airman 1st Class Andrew Dumboski
>>99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
>
> ...
>
>
>>"Even if you're accessing a secure
>>Web site, your information is only secure between the Internet and your
>>wireless router. Everything traveling between that wireless router and
>>your laptop is visible."
>
> But isn't the encryption performed on the PC via the web browser? How can
> encrypted browser data transmitted between the router and the laptop be
> considered "visible"?
>
>

Yes, the encryption/decryption is done at the browser, so that point in the
article is incorrect.