So basically if you were an MSN messenger user in 2006 your privacy was violated...

Question

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103718.html

Answer 1

Makes me wonder how many degrees away you are from people if you are a Yahoo Messenger daily user. But invaded upon? No.

EDIT: There are people hired by any service that has instant messaging who will monitor any chat that has certain words in it like p**n, s*x, drugs, and child exploitation. Some they just ignore as a person trying to cyber s*x on the internet. Others that include child pornography or any kind of child exploitation, or anything that is about buying or selling people, they take serious action and will trace those individuals by their IP address. Which leads to many arrest around the world.

EDIT: However, they did invade Kevin Bacon's privacy. They basically told us that he uses instant messenger on MSN.

Answer 2

wonderful.

I don't think i ever used msn tho.

so i'm safe

Answer 3

If I want privacy ,I stay off the computer ... Privacy is just an illusion on line.

Answer 4

well when they say 6 degrees of separation, they are referring to the  theory that Most people have heard of -- the idea that that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. (it could be argued that we're all only six degrees from leonardo dicaprio :*) if you want to know more about the 6 degrees of seperation theory, read this article: http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/Story?id...

i understand what you mean how it could be "privacy invasion" , but the reason they record the convos is because there are predators online and if they have to track things down they could look at the recorded convos, nothing really harmful.

then they were just saying how the 6 degrees of seperation theory took place and actually worked.

but i understand what you ment.

Answer 5

Well I think it is wrong to think electron conversations are safe or private,  I am not a member of MSN nor was I in 2006 so I have not read their Privacy and Terms of Service clause, but it could  be likely.

Answer 6

They didn't read any private msgs.

"Stripped of text messages and personally identifiable information, the records indicate users' location and patterns of contact."

Basically, they just had the header info.   No violation of privacy.

Answer 7

They removed personally identifying information, but really, how much privacy do you think you have on the Internet?