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2 Weeks Ago
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| | How secure/private is a Messenger chat session ? Provided that I trust my chat partner in Windows Messenger, is the chat text that we exchange secure/private from other's snooping on the internet ? and is it secure/private from those MS employees/vendors that have access to Messenger servers ? |
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2 Weeks Ago
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| | Re: How secure/private is a Messenger chat session ? Greetings, With the exception of the actual login process, Messenger (and specifically the IMs) is not encrypted. The actual technical details of what's stored on Microsoft side has never been revealed, beyond what's in the Privacy section of the Terms of Use: http://help.live.com/help.aspx?project=tou -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "ldchip" <ldchip@newsgroup> wrote in message news:096E9CB1-76BE-445D-9F15-F522F5BBE79B@newsgroup Quote: > Provided that I trust my chat partner in Windows Messenger, is the chat text > that we exchange secure/private from other's snooping on the internet ? and > is it secure/private from those MS employees/vendors that have access to > Messenger servers ? |
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