Re: does the aim service save chat session details?

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On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 4:04 PM, AMILABS <amilabs () optonline net> wrote:
> Thanks Andrew, according to AOL policy and terms of use et. al.
>
> "Your AIM information, including the contents of your online communications,
> may be accessed and disclosed in response to legal process (for example, a
> court order, search warrant or subpoena), or in other circumstances in which
> AOL has a good faith belief that AIM or AOL are being used for unlawful
> purposes. AOL may also access or disclose your AIM information when
> necessary to protect the rights or property of AIM or AOL, or in special
> cases such as a threat to your safety or that of others"
>
> So I am presuming that they do store all communications only for legal or
> law enforcement purposes but not for general use from the user community.
>
> Regards...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Farmer [mailto:andfarm () gmail com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:42 PM
> To: AMILABS
> Cc: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] does the aim service save chat session
> details?
>
> On 26 Nov 08, at 11:17, AMILABS wrote:
> > Is AIM IM purely peer to peer or a store and forward type protocol?
>
> It is neither. In most cases, the server forwards messages from client
> to client, but does not retain them. The client also supports a peer-
> to-peer mode, but it's rarely used.
>
> > We need
> > to determine if we can recover a past IM chat conversation that
> > occurred
> > over two weeks ago. Our chat client did not have IM logging enabled
> > so we
> > need to know if the "service" archives all chat conversations for law
> > enforcement and legal purposes.
>
> You'll have to ask AOL about that. If there are server-side logs, they
> are not exposed to users.
>
>
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