Shoutbox

Although I don’t necessary disagree that being able to see when someone is appearing offline is a breach of privacy, in my opinion I also think this is slightly hypocritical and that privacy on the net is a bit of a myth considering the fact that so many things are available to us through WLM, MPL, MDL, Stuffplug and many more that could also be considered an invasion of privacy…   

For example the first time I discovered that someone could steal my display picture I nearly fell off my fricken chair and walked around for days thinking how rude, I mean I never gave them permission to steal my picture and then use it. Now I have come to the conclusion that that’s just part of life online. 

We all have access to programs that enable us to log chats, log events, find out peoples IP addresses, steal pictures etc. I’m sure there are some people with more computer knowledge than myself that could probably find out a lot more than just if I’m appearing offline.       

I know quite a few people who use WLM without any addons or scripts who have no clue that someone can log their conversations or steal their pictures so isn’t this then an invasion of their privacy also???   

Even though I wouldn’t necessarily want people to know that I’m appearing offline when I do, I’m also resigned to the fact that someone on my contact list may have come across a way to establish this just as SpunkyLoveMuff and Mynetx have.

I want to ask you guys a question, are there no scripts for this because it is an invasion of privacy or is it because there is no way to get around messenger at the moment???

Just curious...