Comments on: Does IM stand for insecure messaging?

Trojan horses are galloping toward instant messaging users, and the attackers are getting smarter.

BlowSearch Offers Secure IM

4,096 bit encryption too. It's called BSM and we use it exclusively for our corporate network for over 50+ employees in our office. We've put it through testing and it's a good product. It also interfaces with AOL,MSN, and Yahoo's messenger products.

In my opinion this article really isn't necessary with products like BlowSearch's BSM Messenger around. Instead of complaining about the issue - offer a solution.

Is IM the real problem ?

Q. Does anyone really NEED IM ? I know that, at work, the last thing I wanted was somone messaging me, when I was in the middle of coding - it could cost me hours of work. If people wanted me, they could email & I would read the email, when appropriate.

Perhaps there may be one or two groups of people who NEED IM. But for the remaining 99.9% - it's unnecessary & a security risk. Why take risks with security ?

Hell - most of today's population don't even NEED cell phones, if they could just ORGANISE themselves ;-)

[Scott W]

msn

well, i say that anyone using msn deserves everything they get. sorry i couldn't resist snide jabs at m$

[Sboston]

Others

Well you should target yahoo, aim, ICQ, Trillion and others as well. :)

[Prndll]

One of the biggest problems here...

...is the idea of putting 13 year old children on the internet. The internet is no place for children. There is a reason why ISP's do not sell to 13 year olds. There are too many things out on the net that only represents trouble for children this age. Wether it be viri or pedophiles, extreme porn to getting sued by the RIAA. I do agree that parents need to teach their children about computers. But, just cutting them loose to be exposed to the world like this is nothing short of irresponsible.