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| | NPR : Privacy of IM Chats not Guaranteed |
 | | Eckersley: The first benefit of encryption, is that it would make such eavesdropping at least much harder, and often impossible |
 | | Kramer: but I want to get back to who could be seeing your IMs -- From what you've said, there are 5 people/entities that could be reading what you type: party 1, party 2, a third party, the instant messaging software, and both parties' companies, if they're typing at work. |
 | | We've covered the main points: (1) the person you're talking to can be logging the conversation; (2) your computer can be logging the conversation; (3) encryption provides some defense against eavesdropping, but it's not perfect... |
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