America Online Inc. plans to make three small but significant modifications to the terms of service for its AIM instant messaging product to head off a firestorm of privacy-related criticisms. The tweaks to the terms of service will be made in the section titled “Content You Post” and will explicitly exclude user-to-user chat sessions from the privacy rights an AIM user gives up to AOL. I for one am glad to see that speaking out for/against a cause still holds some ground. In today’s world many such protests get disregarded too easily. Good job geeks. Your voice has been heard. out-

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