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Rhett Thanas

@verizon.net

reply to Ant718
Re: Security experts..

I'd rather have AIM with so-called "data mining" software installed than MSN/Messenger Service running and being a giant blinking gaping security hole.

Personally, I dumped them all and started using the Windows port of GAIM. Takes up next to no CPU, sure it's lacking features (On the plus side it's got a nice minimalist interface, take that bloated Buddylist!) but for someone who doesn't use IM much, it's a great and unobtrusive solution


HoleyMSNBatman

@comcast.n

Fill us in, oh knowledgable security expert. What is this big, blinking, gaping security hole that you are referring to and how does one exploit it?

...

Yeah, that's what I thought. It's easy to make claims but it's not so easy to back them up.


HoleyMSNBatman

@comcast.n
reply to Rhett Thanas
You also didn't specify which Messenger you meant. You said MSN/Messenger -- so which is it? MSN Messenger or that annoying pop-up app simply known as the Messenger service?
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