March 13, 2005No Privacy In AIMi had seen articles popping up in my aggregator regarding aol changing the "terms of service" for using aim. i kept over looking them figuring i would eventually follow-up, but they kept coming. so today i read this article on thrashing through cyberspace which quoted part of the tos. if you use aim, either follow the link above or jump to any number of other "tech sites" where this issue is being discussed. in an effort to put a positive spin on the whole thing -- this might give jabber and similar technologies the boost they need to put aim to rest. microsoft and yahoo! must be lovin' it... it makes their respective products look better. i'm wondering if this becomes a good time for google to jump into the fray... to go with their voip product of course. heh.
Posted by ac at March 13, 2005 04:51 PM
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just call me the "little link lady", lol... I guess, there is some "misinterpretation" of the new TOS... Your conversation is private, and is not read or owned by anyone - unless "in response to a valid legal process". Which leaves me to wonder, if they have the ability to do it, don't you think somebody is going to do it just for that reason? Posted by: CNL at March 15, 2005 02:38 AMaol has provided some official updates... while i have never verified it, i believe all non direct-connect aim traffic goes through their server, giving them the capability to log traffic. |