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(13:05:27) syringiavulgaris: Slash-commands.
(13:05:37) syringiavulgaris: You can't start a line with a slash cos it thinks it's a command to the program.
(13:05:40) dariodevil: So apparently, Waid's revelation of Clark typing "/encrypt" when speaking freely on AIM about his secret identity to his Mom is feasible!!
(13:05:49) dariodevil: IT'S TEHCNOLGY!!1
(13:06:24) syringiavulgaris: It's at least passable at first blink.
(13:06:37) syringiavulgaris: I don't know if the IM spec has an encryption whatsit, but it's conceivable
(13:07:03) dariodevil: I'm kidding.
(13:07:10) dariodevil: I think that's one of the stupidest things I've ever seen.
(13:07:23) dariodevil: AND I'VE SEEN A MAN PUNCH HIMSELF IN THE FACE TO BUM A CIGARETTE.
(13:08:31) syringiavulgaris: It's not wholly. But I wouldn't trust it to AIM, fo God's sake, even if there *was* great encryption.
(13:09:13) dariodevil: But it's like, fucking talking on the phone about it. Probably worst, it's in text.
(13:09:54) syringiavulgaris: And text can be logged. Usually is in fact. If anyone hax0rs Ma Kent's computer...
(13:10:04) syringiavulgaris: Maybe Clark doesn't understand Teh Intarweb that well
(13:10:42) dariodevil: GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
(13:11:07) syringiavulgaris: ha ha I am the funny.

Comments

[missionista.livejournal.com]

Yo! Lois, Clark! Back to work!

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

Don't be so judgemental. Maybe this is their job somehow.

Whereas I KNOW that your job does not happen to involve posting to Livejournal.

[dariodevil.livejournal.com]

So, you're unemployed?

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

No, I am stealing from the firm.

[dariodevil.livejournal.com]

If I owned a hat, I'd take it off to you.

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

No problem. I'll just steal one from Barclays. Do you mind hats made of printer paper?

[dariodevil.livejournal.com]

Mind them? They're one of my favorite things to defile!!

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd like to, but I just gouged my eyes out.

I am typing this telepathically.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Whoa. brad/frank slash.

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

I'll have the two of you know that I was carrying on this conversation while troubleshooting a customer's retarded innovative Outlook configuration.

Because I am, in fact, That Damn Good.

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

In what way did the conversation contribute to that process? Did this maximally leverage the firm's competitive advantage?

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

Not only that, it productized mission-critical channels and enhanced branded proactive initiatives.

[dariodevil.livejournal.com]

I supervised!

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

See what you started? (see thread below) Never reply to a post again. Perhaps, to be safe, lay off any form of communication, ever.

[dariodevil.livejournal.com]

Best part is that her comment sounded like Perry White dialogue.

Frequent Superman references make things great. Exhibit A: Seinfeld.

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

Hey, you are right! Elseworlds: Perry White Has Titties.

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

I hate myself.

[dariodevil.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. You just made a comic book reference in normal conversation that was _more_ obscure than the one I made.

You just outgeeked me.

Hate on, Fanboy. HATE ON!

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

I win! Yay me!

[dariodevil.livejournal.com]

I approve of this product and/or service.

[arkham1010.livejournal.com]

you people are a bunch of fucking dorks.

[dariodevil.livejournal.com]

Speaking of which, got any more borderline pornographic David Hasselhoff pics you want to share with people? Those last few were nice and traumatic.

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I hear the wind whispering his name... "Hasselhoff... Hasselhoff..."

[dariodevil.livejournal.com]

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

Excuse me for a moment. I have to... "go to the bathroom." If you know what I mean.

[arkham1010.livejournal.com]

That one isnt bad.

Its the one with the puppies that kils me.

[msg1138.livejournal.com]

[pause]

Puppies?

[cowering in the corner]

[arkham1010.livejournal.com]

why yes, have some

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

I believe that gTalk is encrypted, at least from you to the server.

[xlerb.livejournal.com]

It is at least theoreticallly possible to get end-to-end encryption that can't be spied on even by something that knows all about your cryptographic protocol and can alter messages in transit, provided you have some way to authenticate each other — a shared secret, or X.509 certificates, or something. I think that part can be skipped if you (that's the generic “you”, BTW) can assume the adversary is just passively listening.

And when I say “end-to-end”, I mean that it's established between the two IM programs on, well, the ends of the conversation, and does not involve any IM server except to pass bits back and forth; so, anything between them — and that medium could be AIM or Jabber or shortwave radio or pigeons — just gets the ciphertext.

Yes, I know that, metaphorically speaking, I'm bringing several dozen artillery pieces to a bingo game here. Also that I should be asleep by now.