SlaveKeithIt seems. By using sisydney Sheldon's statement in "if tomorrow comes," MERs, you are going to be roally fucked by AOL ". To put it short, the AOL service terms are added, indicating that the user automatically waives the privacy of the content published on the aim. AOL has the right to use that content in various ways. Original article:By posting content on an aim product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this content in any medium. you waive any right to privacy. '"(From Slashdot ). At the beginning, I thought that AOL's things, no matter from design to customer service (if you have used their free cd, you will understand it), are to treat users as fools. Now, this new clause proves my idea. By the way, ICQ is also aol. If you use ICQ, you 'd better check its terms of service. A guy on Slashdot said his remarks on aim were always 4096-bit encrypted because he never believed in AOL. Smile.