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Stephen Downes

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Expect many disgruntled users as Microsoft moves to "lock down" its instant messenging software, citing "security issues" with third party software. The people most afftected will be those who use products such as Trillian, Imici and Odigo in order to communicate with other instant messaging clients such as ICQ, AOL and Yahoo. The spammers and hackers, on the other hand, having only Microsoft's vaunted security to overcome, are not likely to be even slowed by the change.

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