[warriorcookie]

Just wanted to clarify, as my previous responses where typed on a touch screen from an airplane...

Do I think https should be employed: whenever possible, yes! But does this mean you can rest easy that your user names, passwords, birthdates, email address and everything else is safe on this forum and any other: absolutely not!

The reality is that maybe a few of the forums will spend the money and upgrade to https, but the vast majority simply cannot or will not, and it only marginally improves one aspect of the many security vulnerabilities that these forums face. The only thing you can rely on is yourself to follow the latest good security practices when it comes to what info you keep online and how you choose usernames and passwords and how often you change them. My information has been stolen once before, but they only got access to a limited amount of information and there was zero overlap with any other website be it banking info or other.