Encrypted IM using GAIM

The Lifehacker website has a great article on using GAIM to send/receive encrypted IM messages.

An interesting thing about IM without encryption is that any packet sniffer application (ethereal is the one I use most) can pickup and read the entire conversation without any difficulty at all; most IM programs send the entire conversation in plain text for the entire world to see.


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