but also this is an online service for something most computers have been able to do locally out of the box for like 15 years, and it hasn’t been updated since 2023. it’s an obvious red flag even without being unsafe.
Actually, “is it encrypted” is just the tip of the iceberg: it’s all too easy to encrypt in a way that does not provide security against the threats the users want to defend. E.g. maybe the answer to this question is “yes” because the connection is over https, yet the server sees and stores the data in the clear
that doesn’t mean they’re not encrypted.
but also this is an online service for something most computers have been able to do locally out of the box for like 15 years, and it hasn’t been updated since 2023. it’s an obvious red flag even without being unsafe.
Actually, “is it encrypted” is just the tip of the iceberg: it’s all too easy to encrypt in a way that does not provide security against the threats the users want to defend. E.g. maybe the answer to this question is “yes” because the connection is over https, yet the server sees and stores the data in the clear