No more privacy on AIM

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03-14-2005, 04:46 PM
Tidus Andronicus

No more privacy on AIM

http://p2pnet.net/story/4205

What a dark day for AIM users... (including me, but I encrypt my conversations in gaim when I talk to other friends in Linux xD)

Quote:

Monday 14th March 2005 - p2pnet.net News:
You no longer have any right to privacy if you use America Online's AIM software downloaded on or after February 5 last year.

AOL has re-written the terms of service which apply to the application giving itself the right to, "reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote" all content distributed across the chat network by users.

By, “posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium,” it says.

“You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the Content or to be compensated for any such uses.”

And, “You Must Agree to these Terms of Service to Use AIM Products,” it dictates.

That about says it...
So what do you think this means for AIM users? What could possibly come out of this?

I'll say that I'm not gonna be saying anything of importance on there anymore, I'll use things like ICQ, or Yahoo, or MSN... whatever is safer/popular. XD

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Slight update XD...:
http://p2pnet.net/story/4216
03-14-2005, 05:17 PM
Jojee

I might have to move to MSN after all :(
03-14-2005, 05:38 PM
Galadrius

It's not like were talking about WMDs or matters of national security on AIM or anything, so who cares if people can read your convos... you should save the super personal stuff for phone calls anyhow.
03-14-2005, 05:39 PM
Psychotic

Good luck to them if they want to wade through the crap that most AOL users produce.
03-14-2005, 05:40 PM
Strider

I'm pretty sure there's some First Amendment issues there. "You lose your right to privacy"?

At least they don't beat around the bush.
03-14-2005, 05:49 PM
Jojee

It's not a right to privacy if they say you don't have it ;) It's public, now.

Oh shieee... they're gonna find out I'm actually a man :(
03-14-2005, 07:17 PM
kikimm

Eh, I hate AIM to begin with, but it's a silly idea.

:D
03-14-2005, 07:17 PM
DMKA

You mean AIM had some form of privacy?

I could care less, just like if they tapped my phone or anything else. So long as they aren't accessing info like my Social Security number, anyone can look through any of my conversations they want, so long as I don't know the person personally and have to face them the next day about something I didn't really want them to know I did with someone at a party last Saturday Night. :D

But yeah, like Psy said, good luck (and wtf) to going through all the "OMFG WHTSF LOLZ SARS OMFG GOTE SECKXS UR GAY LOL LOL LMAO" that me and PeeGee produce pages worth of in our aim conversations. :D

And all those AOL users too.
03-14-2005, 07:32 PM
Endless

The date on the ToS is Feb 5, 2004. Everyone already knows about you trading pictures now. :p
03-14-2005, 07:38 PM
Erdrick Holmes

Why do they do this to me?
03-14-2005, 07:41 PM
Carnage

There never was any privacy on AIM. Every single conversation is scanned for keywords such as bomb, kill, stuff like that.
03-14-2005, 07:44 PM
DMKA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carnage

There never was any privacy on AIM. Every single conversation is scanned for keywords such as bomg, kill, stuff like that.

Seriously? Why haven't they came and hauled me and nik0tine off to the questioning compound yet?
03-14-2005, 07:49 PM
Rye

Eh, I hardly use AIM anyways.
03-14-2005, 09:12 PM
Azure Chrysanthemum

I'll have to stop talking about plans for various works of writing and art then.
03-14-2005, 09:45 PM
Shlup

Damn. This puts a kink in my plans. I will have to notify Big Boss of this.
03-14-2005, 09:57 PM
Ouch!

Another reason why MSN Messenger > AIM
03-14-2005, 09:57 PM
Halan

Spiff and I conspired to kill the president and his secret service people today over AIM. Maybe this is why Spiff got shot in the face by some men in black suits.
03-14-2005, 09:59 PM
m4tt

I'm sure AOL really cares about what me and my girlfriend and me and Danny talk about.
03-14-2005, 10:00 PM
Rye

Maybe this is what the l33ters were preparing for? xD
03-14-2005, 10:00 PM
-N-

I read this on Drudge. Seems it'll be the worst for businesses who use AIM. I don't really carry out sensitive conversations over AIM anyways.
03-14-2005, 10:01 PM
Halan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Krang

I'm sure AOL really cares about what me and my girlfriend and me and Danny talk about.

Probably talk about the same sort of stuff with both of em, eh eh? EH? ;)
03-14-2005, 10:13 PM
m4tt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halan

Probably talk about the same sort of stuff with both of em, eh eh? EH? ;)

Oh you know it. ;) ;) ;) ;)
03-14-2005, 10:29 PM
rubah

Ha. I knew there was a reason I've kept aim in disgrace for the last several months.

It's not like I talk to anyone on there anyways.
03-14-2005, 10:38 PM
amratis

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psychotic

Good luck to them if they want to wade through the crap that most AOL users produce.

But Psy I'm sure MSN .etc produces just as much crap per user :p
03-15-2005, 03:13 AM
Mindflare

Privacy is overrated. God forbid anyone know about my piddly life.

IRC is still good. *shrug*
03-15-2005, 03:17 AM
Belethdolien

I still swear to MSN....
03-15-2005, 03:22 AM
Luc

I thought they always did that. Oh well, it's not like the stuff I talk about on AIM is important anyway.
03-15-2005, 04:39 AM
DMKA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Krang

Oh you know it. ;) ;) ;) ;)

HAWT.
03-15-2005, 05:00 AM
Mr. Graves

I'm not on AIM enough to really worry about it. Although I think this is realy bogus. Gay-oh-ell sucks a boatload.

What I'm wondering is, if two Trillian users are using AIM via that, are they still suseptable to being pryed on?
03-15-2005, 03:10 PM
Tidus Andronicus

I'm guessing AOL doesn't like that people know about this. XD

http://p2pnet.net/story/4223
03-15-2005, 06:17 PM
Endless

No, the p2p site doesn't like that they made a mountain out of a molehill. Almost every big (corporate) site will have similar privacy clauses (MSN Groups for example, and Yahoo! Groups/Boards).
03-19-2005, 06:52 PM
Jojee

Apparently it's false.
03-20-2005, 09:52 AM
Endless

http://www.aim.com/tos/tos.adp is updated now to exclude private communications and clarify what rights you give to AOL concerning stuff posted in public areas. See also http://www.aim.com/tos/tos2.adp