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New AIM Offering "end to end" Encryption

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

MankyD writes "The current AIM beta is now offering message encryption. They don't offer a lot of details but it's nice to see they are offering some extra privacy. Will the new AIM be illegal in Michigan?"

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  1. Re:Sure it's encrypted. by Clockwurk · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    But only if you use "Algorithm 8.0! So easy, anyone can encode!!"

    Oh, and with the recent settlement with M$, all your encryption has to be Micrshaft approved. And Time-Warnder approved, so it will search for watermarked video/audio/image content the studio owns.

    And they don't wan't to piss off the RIAA or MPAA and lose those keyword contracts, so you cna;t encrypt anyting that has binary content.

    Oh, and thanks to the PATRIOT act, any key you generate is backdoored and given to the NSA.

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