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Instant Insecurity: Security Issues of Instant Messaging
Neal Hindocha

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Instant Insecurity: Security Issues of Instant Messaging 2007-11-10
PG
The article is excellent but I think you forgot to mention one important aspect of the security over IM besides encryption and secure archiving and that is the need of user authentication. If a user is encrypted on IM to a malious user at the other end, he/she is more likely to send sensitive inform...

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Instant Insecurity: Security Issues of Instant Messaging 2009-02-27
Justyn
You're exactly right. IM Clients pose a huge security threat, not to mention productivity threat. We switched over to the Brosix.com Instant Messenger as a way to get the needed security.

We've seen a dramatic improvement in reduction of Trojan horses from "friends" who send files to our employe...

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