2007/7/27, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I had once set up gaim for someone to use for google and yahoo. Is that > a risk, because gaim is third party?
That is different, I will try to explain. You install gaim and connect to Yahoo for Yahoo messenger or google/gmail for google chat But these services are sitting in between you and yahoo/gmail where as it is direct in case of gaim. So every data is going through these middle parties including your passwords. Gaim stores the passwords/other personal data in your machine only. Again gmail or yahoo stores these details in their servers but you trust them if you are using them. Now when a third party comes in between you and google/yahoo things get different. Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign
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