Category: 3rd Party Software
Link: AOL Eavesdrops, Grants Itself Permission To Steal Your AIM Conversations
Posted on MacBytes.com
Approved by Mudbug
Anything that passes on the AIM servers they can do what they wish. So it means any chat client is affected and they don't need to notify you what so ever.Nermal said:Does anyone know whether this applies to iChat? It hasn't presented any new terms of service to me, but then again I might've chosen something saying I automatically agree by signing in.
In case you hadn't noticed, pretty much ALL EULAs (AOL's, Microsoft's, Apple's, whoever) contain wording that allows them to change the terms of the EULA at any time, for any reason, and with no warning. THAT'S why I never read them... why memorize terms of use if they're infinitely malleable at the whim of the publisher?daveway00 said:I really don't use AOL for important convos, but this is REALLY bad. I would warn everyone.
BTW: when I signed onto AOL these provisions were not in the EULA. Do that give them the right to look at my messages?
varmit said:Anything that passes on the AIM servers they can do what they wish. So it means any chat client is affected and they don't need to notify you what so ever.
redAPPLE said:i am shocked. actually, i do not know, what to say about this. do they mean, if i send a picture through iChat, AOL can extract this picture and use it?
what about iSight conversations?
narco said:If that's correct, it totally blows.
Hopefully the bad PR will make AOL change their mind. I know a lot of people are sending links to this article like crazy.
Fishes,
narco.
varmit said:They don't read person to person, but they do when its a public forum like a chat room. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/blog/3082956
varmit said:They don't read person to person, but they do when its a public forum like a chat room.
winwintoo said:If I was AOL, I would have done this in a heartbeat as soon as Apple won the right to see the names of the btards that leaked whatever it was.
AOL is just covering it's a$$ and probably every other hosting service is doing the same, most of them just aren't bothering to tell you about it.
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