10.10.06

Encrypt your Instant Messenger program

Whenever you talk online with your instant messaging (IM) client of choice, your conversations can be, and in all probability are, recorded, monitored, and read. Any data which travels over a network can be viewed using programs known as packet sniffers, with some specially crafted programs..
There is however a way to protect yourself against this:
Encrypting your conversations.. It's an easy and necessary step to take, and free 3rd party products are available for most IM's.
Here's a list with some of them.
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If you use an IM not natively supporting encryption, and not shown on this list; Google is your friend