And The Most Secure IM Network Is…
I made a post here the other day about a recent Cnet survey which was conducted to see which Instant Message Service available was the most secure.
Services surveyed included AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, IBM’s Lotus Sametime, Facebook Chat, Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger, and Skype.
The survey found that Skype is the most secure service.
In fact, according to Cnet, police in Germany have complained of being unable to ‘tap’ the service!
Skype’s director of corporate communications, Jennifer Caukin, stated that because of the company’s peer-to-peer architecture and encryption techniques, the company would be unable to comply with such a request.
Not just in Germany. There was fuss in the US about VOIP and particularly Skype because they can’t be tapped and “criminal activity” could go on over them. With the Usenet stuff that’s happening now, I wouldn’t be surprised if VOIP is the next thing to demand the attention of politicians who
want to track our every moveuhh, want to keep us safe from ourselves.IM security has come a long way since I first hopped on the net. I recall one of my kids getting into some off-color chats at one point using ICQ, and it was almost trivial to hack, er… trace the other party in the chat. It was a good thing I did, as the “14 year old” turned out to be 34….
Cheers, Marc
Hi Marc,
Thanks for the comment! Just goes to prove that you can never be too careful, as well as how things change quickly with technology.
Cheers
Hi Teeg,
Yes indeed, protect us from ourselves… what would we do without Big Brother? Is it too late to heed George Orwell’s warnings?
Cheers!