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Information Security This Week (EU-IST)
Published		04 March 2006
Editor		Urs. E. Gattiker
ISSN		1600-1869
Related Links		Skype and e-Bay - kiss your privacy goodbye Read about how GAIM works to improve your security when using IM
Public hotspot - using instant messaging (IM) securely while sitting at the coffee shop - A
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is the most popular IM program in the world. Unfortunately, all messages are sent completely wide open, so that anyone can read them. Not good at all.
The same applies for MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and so on and while you may want to use Skype , which encrypts all IM messages, however, that program - and its parent company - has had and continues to have its share of unanswered security questions, here:
If you want to encrypt your IM conversations, there are many solutions out there, such as GAIM:
GAIM IM, is an open source software project that runs on all the major operating systems. See related story for the Gaim encryption plugin in and Off-the-Record Messaging (another free tool).