Why I Became Even More Paranoid

Last Update: Jun 14, 2017

I got even more paranoid after reading Loes' post, "Am I paranoid or is it coincidence?" You will excuse me, I am probably "techie ignorant" and could just be a big coincidence.

As I was logging to access my work in progress site through siterubix last night, 12/06/17, I got an alert from my internet security provider that the authenticity of the domain to which encrypted connection is established could not be guaranteed.

I downplayed the message since I trust WA 100%, I thought there was no cause for alarm and carried on anyway.

After about 30 minutes, The alert popped back on and I decided to investigate further and read the reason for the unusual warning:

Reason: The certificate or one of the certificates in the certificate chain is not up to date.

Oh well, I have seen that before in the past.

Anyhow, I decided to investigate further and viewed the certificate.

Well, this did not bother me much because I am in the UK, therefore using London,GMT (5hrs ahead 0f EASTERN). The certificate information at the top confirms that it has expired or is not yet valid. I just went with the latter, that the validation would take effect sometimes on 13/06.

While at work (9-5 grind) :-(, it came to my mind that I must check my W.I.P site just in case my home computer was "being funny." I was shuttered to get the same message. I started to panic because obviously I was using a different network with a completely different internet security system.

While in panic mode, I checked if I could get access on my mobile and I accessed without a problem. [prompted to update my mobile security now] The first post I read was Loes', post;

"Am I paranoid or is it coincidence?"

Seriously? What do you really think happened to my mental status (at the moment in time) upon reading Loes' headline? Obviously I was extremely nervous and worried.

What a coincidence?

To me it was not time for jokes, hence I responded;

Hi Loes,

"I know we may make jokes about security, but actually I think there is something fishy going on at WA"

Please DO NOT get me wrong, I do not have any malicious intentions, I love WA and I am here to stay. I hope the certificate issue is sorted by now [if indeed it was an issue]

I was not even ready to post anything yet, but I gather that my comments could cause serious TRUST issues. Infact, I was inspired by another WA member (Kambas) who asked if I could elaborate.

Thus, I wrote this post to clarify and justify my actions. "No need to be paranoid". :-)

Benjamin.