Re: survey of instant messaging privacy

2008-06-11 Thread alex
[Moderator's note: Please don't send giant run on paragraphs to the list. They're hard to read. --Perry] From: Marcos el Ruptor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Interesting. Of course, with the possible exception of Skype, only the over-the-network part of the communication is protected. The IM

Re: survey of instant messaging privacy

2008-06-10 Thread Marcos el Ruptor
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 far as I can tell after having reverse engineered its protocol, Skype

survey of instant messaging privacy

2008-06-09 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Also from Declan McCullagh today, a full survey of instant message service security: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9962106-38.html?part=rsstag=feedsubj=TheIconoclast -- Perry E. Metzger[EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: survey of instant messaging privacy

2008-06-09 Thread John Ioannidis
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=rsstag=feedsubj=TheIconoclast Interesting. Of course, with the possible exception of Skype, only the over-the-network part of