Safe Instant Messaging

[Nathan England]

My favorite IM is Google Talk, and I use the OTR on all my contacts. But 
still, it's Google. I have given them access to some of my email. Access to 
most of my whereabouts, though I often disable it. I don't know if I want them 
to have all my chats as well. But like others have mentioned, I *assume* that 
my connection to their server is encrypted, but the message is stored in plain 
text and scanned for advertising or what ever and then sent on to the final 
recipient, most likely in plain text.

Thanks for all the input!



On Saturday, March 16, 2013 02:04:49 PM Ed wrote:
> > I suggest getting Pidgin+OTR for win or linux for IM.  Mac has adium that
> > supports it.  Hardest part is getting others to use pidgin or something
> > with OTR capability.
> 
> +1
> 
> > Pidgin also supports ssl encryption, but it's hard enough getting folks to
> > install otr let alone getting them to deal with pki...
> > 
> > Why every im client doesn't offer OTR or compatible is beyond me (actually
> > I know why, but it depresses me), then again I've had some of the yougin'
> > engineers I've worked with look at me like I had four heads when I asked
> > him if he had aim or yahoo.  Of course that look got worse when he asked
> > what my facebook was and I told him I didn't have one.
> > 
> > Guess we're getting old still using legacy IM tech, my low number icq uin
> > isn't cool anymore.
> > 
> > -mb
> 
> if we made a list it would be like counting the rings of a tree.....
> and then you could tell them that facedbook is just like the WELL, or
> just point them to your blog..
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