This is cyberland my friends. There is no such thing as a private message, anywhere. I couldln't give a squirt of piss who reads my pms. If I have something personal to say, the last place i will say it is in a PM on a privately-owned chat board.
I think anyone who sends a "private message" under the belief that it will be secure is living in a dreamworld.
Also, this is Big George's board. I don't know it for a fact, but I've just always assumed that he, and possibly the mods, have access to the pms, and to the "encrypted" mail for that matter. I don't believe any of us have any right to privacy here.