I see you're a little confused about encryption. No problem - I'll try to
explain things.
There are two versions of Windows XP. Almost everyone in the world has the
32-bit version. This has nothing to do with encryption. It means that the
operating system can process up to 32 bits of information at a time. A
relative handful of people who run highly specialized industrial strength
computers use the 64-bit version of XP.
When sending information through the Internet, the current standard for
encryption is 128 bits. Without getting all technical on you, that means
that the password needed to decrypt a transmission is 128 bits long, which
is extremely difficult to crack. Banks, for example, routinely use passwords
that are 1,024 bits long (or even longer), so it's next to impossible for
anyone to see the information you send to your bank.
Mike Mulligan
