Re: [ILUG-BOM] Link to call me for free

2007/7/27, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk:

I had once set up gaim for someone to use for google and yahoo. Is that a risk, because gaim is third party?

That is different, I will try to explain.

You install gaim and connect to Yahoo for Yahoo messenger or google/gmail for google chat

But these services are sitting in between you and yahoo/gmail where as it is direct in case of gaim.

So every data is going through these middle parties including your passwords.

Gaim stores the passwords/other personal data in your machine only.

Again gmail or yahoo stores these details in their servers but you trust them if you are using them.

Now when a third party comes in between you and google/yahoo things get different.

Cheers Praveen