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Originally posted by CookieRevised
The only good reason you want the chats to be encrypted is if you are on a local network. But even then, people can't simply tap on lines just like that. There is always some security. Eg: cybercafe's use such local networks, but be assure that the guy on the computer next to you isn't able to tap on your line though. Even then, there are far more easier ways he he wants to spy on you. Ways which any encryption program can't do nothing about it...
Actually, You just have to be on the same network, You just set your system into promiscious mode and it will start to recieve all of the packets it can handle coming off the network with few exceptions (mostly if you have a really well setup network which most people/organizations dont). Arstechnica published a guide on howto sniff AOL messages eairler this week, Nothing fancy needed, no special hardware, Just a system, libpcap, and ruby on rails.
