[Web4lib] IM Security

[Ilana Kingsley]

Here's a different view of IM Security....using AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Google, 
etc. for chat is insecure in that

a) data are not encrypted....so you'll 
have the occasional student or librarian who posts personal ID information 
(e.g., social security #, Univ. ID #)

b) who owns the data? If you're chatting with Yahoo-- then does Yahoo 
archive whatever is being transmitted?

It seems just safer to use Jabber, Rakim, or some other Chat software 
installed on your own server.

--Ilana