The new AOL Instant Messenger system has recently been released to the public. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has serious problems with some of the new features involved in the application. According to the EFF, AIM will be storing chat logs between users for up to two months. EFF fears this might turn into a longer period of time. They believe "malicious users" might use this personal information stored within these chats to do harm, both socially and financially. They are advising everyone to stick with the older versions of AIM until this matter is handled correctly. This is ridiculous thing for AOL to try and attempt. They cannot store this data and if they do, the time period for deletion must be adjusted or else they might lose a number of users within the next few months.
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