AIM: all you word belong to us

[VIAN]

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/11/2359226&from=rss

 

[shortylickens]

Its probably because I'm not a an AOL user, but I always assumed it was like this from the beginning. Arent there plenty of other IM programs available? Why do people insist on using something that is obviously dangerous?

 

[stnicralisk]

update: "America Online tells the Houston Chronicle's TechBlog that, despite a recent Slashdot posting to the contrary, AOL Instant Messenger's terms of service do not imply that the company has the right to use private IM communications, and the section quoted in the Slashdot article applies only to posts in public forums -- a common provision in most online publishers' terms of service. AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein says flatly: 'AOL does not read person-to-person communications.' He also says AIM communiques are never stored on AOL's hard drives. The original Slashdot item was linked throughout the blogosphere -- it will be interesting to see if AOL can extinguish this fire.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: stnicralisk
update: "America Online tells the Houston Chronicle's TechBlog that, despite a recent Slashdot posting to the contrary, AOL Instant Messenger's terms of service do not imply that the company has the right to use private IM communications, and the section quoted in the Slashdot article applies only to posts in public forums -- a common provision in most online publishers' terms of service. AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein says flatly: 'AOL does not read person-to-person communications.' He also says AIM communiques are never stored on AOL's hard drives. The original Slashdot item was linked throughout the blogosphere -- it will be interesting to see if AOL can extinguish this fire.

Do you have a direct link to that quote?

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: stnicralisk
update: "America Online tells the Houston Chronicle's TechBlog that, despite a recent Slashdot posting to the contrary, AOL Instant Messenger's terms of service do not imply that the company has the right to use private IM communications, and the section quoted in the Slashdot article applies only to posts in public forums -- a common provision in most online publishers' terms of service. AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein says flatly: 'AOL does not read person-to-person communications.' He also says AIM communiques are never stored on AOL's hard drives. The original Slashdot item was linked throughout the blogosphere -- it will be interesting to see if AOL can extinguish this fire.

Do you have a direct link to that quote?

Google is good:

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/blog/3082956

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: stnicralisk
update: "America Online tells the Houston Chronicle's TechBlog that, despite a recent Slashdot posting to the contrary, AOL Instant Messenger's terms of service do not imply that the company has the right to use private IM communications, and the section quoted in the Slashdot article applies only to posts in public forums -- a common provision in most online publishers' terms of service. AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein says flatly: 'AOL does not read person-to-person communications.' He also says AIM communiques are never stored on AOL's hard drives. The original Slashdot item was linked throughout the blogosphere -- it will be interesting to see if AOL can extinguish this fire.

Do you have a direct link to that quote?

Google is good:

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/blog/3082956

Apparently I suck at the Googling, because I couldn't find it before I posted my question.