I wonder how "security" catches onto you. Pretty simple where I work. First, they block all ports (including tcp 80 and tcp 443) from going out the firewall t

I wonder how "security" catches onto you. Pretty simple where I work. First, they block all ports (including tcp 80 and tcp 443) from going out the firewall to the Internet. Second, they make you access web sites via a proxy server. Third, that proxy server uses software from a company called Blue Coat that strips out the actual site's SSL certificate and replaces it with its own that all of our workstations have been configured to trust. Fourth, it then stores all your SSL traffic in unencrypted form. I work at a bank, but this is an extremely common scenario at all kinds of U.S. based companies. I make sure to not use any personal HTTPS sites while I'm at work for this reason.