There is a section in everyone's User Control Panel called Visitor Messages.

It is a place where you can leave a message to someone and it is NOT a private message. All of the people on your Friends List and Admins can read the messages that are in there.

I think it works like the messages on Facebook or other social networks. So don't put anything there that you do not want others to see. Use the Private Message option for that.

And speaking of Private Messages. Those are private between you and the person you send them to. Admins do not have access to them. I know that there are some Admins who think they have a right to read the private messages of the users so they install a special modification that will allow them to do so. They may be right legally, but Scarlett and I do not approve of such an invasion of your privacy.

So your private messages are as secure as anything else on the Internet. I know that is not saying much, but that is the reality of it.

Use strong passwords!!!!