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March 12, 2005
AOL changes AIM's terms of service
We just posted something about spam over AIM, now there is this about AOL changing the terms of service on its usage so that they have rights to anything you send through it... that seems a bit much.
...by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy
I waive my right to privacy?
Hmm, I use iChat, I'm going to have to start looking into methods of encrypted chat. I don't talk about anything terribly fascinating or juicy over chats, but I also value my privacy.
I think the main issue with encrypted chat is that it is useless unless the person on the other side is also encrypting it - and some (*cough*all*cough*) of my contacts are likely not going to bother.
If you have any suggestions for better chat platforms, which are OS agnostic, and allow encrypted chat - please post them in the comments or email me.
Posted by Eric at March 12, 2005 02:34 PM
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Whoa. That's very, very creepy.
My girlfriend and I live on opposite ends of the country (for another week anyway), and we often use iChat to video chat. While the video data itself is point-to-point, I'd hate to think that AOL feels that I've given them the right to do whatever they want with our video.
I realize that video over iChat isn't secure -- but there is a difference between someone illicitly snooping on your privacy vs. a company claiming you have no right to it in the first place.
Posted by: dewitt at March 12, 2005 05:04 PM