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Why would you want all this log encryption if the actual IM exchange itself lacks privacy? I could understand encrypting the logs to protect them in the event
by huhtenberg 16y ago
Why would you want all this log encryption if the actual IM exchange itself lacks privacy?
I could understand encrypting the logs to protect them in the event of a computer loss or some such, but I can't quite fit in the need for selected logging and editing. AOL, Google and Yahoo still have a complete copy of all your IMs.
- peregrine 16y agoI suppose he is paranoid of his wife and or kids seeing his chats?
- palish 16y agoYes of course. I want to be able to archive my steamy love "sessions" without fear of reprisal. It couldn't possibly be that I am under NDA, and that I talk with coworkers primarily via AIM. Couldn't be!
- huhtenberg 16y agoIf you are under NDA, you shouldn't really be using 3rd party centrally-relayed communication service with unspecified data retention policies (such as AIM) in the first place.
- palish 16y ago... The whole company uses it. Literally every employee.
- bluesmoon 16y agoYou could GPG encrypt your communications. Ayttm (http://ayttm.sf.net/ http://ayttm.sf.net/) has a GPG plugin. I don't know about pidgin but I'm sure it has one too. Of course, the other end needs to have GPG capability as well.