theoretically if your calling https:// from a local machine there's no external transmiton of data the call is local , the problem ensues when you log into an external hosted server and transmit data that is not encrypted but if your local you should be safe your connection to and from steempy is encrypted with exceptions of course.
o, the ever-wake :p ... do you actually sleep ?
i'm about to, my head is pulsating and a pincushion on the inside ... i ... i'm not sure which part but i probably forgot to strike that
i use the batchscript with a temporary password, i change it right before i run it and its exported as "UNLOCK" in the script itself (not in localrc ... i think its local rc i would have to look that up, i make a lousy encyclopedia) so i dont have to type it which makes for 30-40 payments in 3 minutes (-ish) and when its done i just change it back :)
i have just read way too much about all kinds of totally unlikely stuff, but theres for instance part where your clipboard can be hijacked which is probably what you use if you a supercomplex password and my favourite of all time
(if i can still find it)
http://applied-math.org/optical_tempest.pdf
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/malware-sends-stolen-data-drone-just-pcs-blinking-led/
superwonky stuff but if THAT is possible then i dont feel safe ... the actual intention would be to funnel enough funds into the one account i have the key in steempy for and do all payments from that one (i mean its very low, max i ever had was i think 90% of 0.070SBD (which is still nice as a prize i suppose) so it doesnt need much as a buffer/pool but eyes on the future i try to think (during moments of clarity) towards stuff i wouldnt mind using when there's extra zeroes to it :p
maybe if utopian gets the EU on track i can go for STEEMpay or sbdPAL lol (dream ooon...)
there's an option to get a certificate now with an apache plugin and eventually i would prefer to have everything run on the webserver but i dont really keep timetables, i find those things usually getting in the way hahha
the thing is even if its linux im not 100% on the security and well someone who got in could be watching, i just dont know enough about locking a box airtight for that (the optical emanations thing is really crazy if you read it, there's another one on how guys with a drone set off a whole building full of "smart" lightbulbs too ... creative use of resources heh , but i cant find it right away)
anyway ... i bid thee goodnight for now
hahaha, well Edward stooled them out long time ago dude, they hacked ssh from it's birth, but not to be a worry if you not a high security risk lol:))