John Ioannidis
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:36:19 -0700
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Also from Declan McCullagh today, a full survey of instant message service security: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9962106-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast
Interesting. Of course, with the possible exception of Skype, only the over-the-network part of the communication is protected. The IM providers can still give the contents of your communications to third parties.
As OTR has shown, it's not hard to do end-to-end crypto even if you don't have direct client connectivity. Makes one wonder why the default clients don't have the functionality :)
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