AOL can send your parents everything you've ever said on AIM

Swan_Solo

Swan_Solo

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it's true,all your parents have to do is prove that they're your parent and provide various other information, and AOL will send them every AIM conversation you've EVER had

they have every conversation in a server

discuss

p.s.- my girlfriend's parents did this
 
no not really because they would also have to prove that it is their kids screen name, which the kid can deny, plus do you realize how many conversations their are on aim, i bet your girlfriends parents have some kind of program doing that.
 
well you have to register information on AIM that proves who you are, information that your parents also know in all likeliness

i didn't think it was possible either, but it is

and btw, her mother is completely computer illiterate, she couldn't use the computer after the mouse broke, because she couldn't get a new one to work
 
AIM does not have some gigantic database where they store every aim conversation ever, your girlfriends parents either put a logger or something on her computer or shes straight up lying.

That is way too much data to store...
 
dude, these are word files, you can store multiple conversations on a floppy disk...

AOL has hundreds of terabytes in server space
 
haha i doubt anyones parents want to go through 1,000 pages of

"Wassup"

"nmu?"

"Nuthin."

"cool"

"o brb"

"k"

"lol"

"wat"

"i ate a sandwich"

"lol"

":)"

"kbai"

"bai"
 
yeah, but i bet that at least once in nearly every conversation you have, you mention something that your parents don't know
 
first off, they wouldnt be stored in word files, they would use a text pad program of sorts, much smaller files, also they are compadable with any operation system. Also, I know that when I registered they asked for my name and email, that was it. Granted that was about 8 or 9 years ago. Why would they need my address? Are they gonna mail me shit? i think not.

Im betting your g/f wants to break up with you, and is using this as an excuse.

 
no its true happened to this chick i knew, her dad was nuts and put some tracker on it and read all the convos becuase seh like snuck out one night and he thought she was buying drugs or something crazy, but it is pretty nuts
 
From AOLs website, specifically the part dealing with the Privacy Policy.

AOL does not read or disclose private communications except to comply with valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order, to protect the company’s rights and property, or during emergencies when we believe physical safety is at risk.

Now I did find this though.

Young people need special safeguards and privacy protection. We realize they may not understand all the provisions of our policy or be able to make thoughtful decisions about the choices available to adult members. So we have special privacy policies to protect kids and teens using areas on the service specifically designed for them, including our Kids Only Channel. And we urge all parents to teach their children about protecting their personal information while online. In areas on the service designed for children 12 and under, AOL and its partners require prior parental consent (for example, by sending in a permission form by regular mail or by fax) before collecting or using names, addresses, telephone numbers or other information that identifies a child offline. In addition, prior to children using screen names on the AOL service, we require parental (master account) consent at the time the subaccount screen name is created. We do this so that parents are aware of and consent to how their children may use their screen names; for example, using the screen name to request an online newsletter, to post a message on a message board or to participate in a chat room.

In areas designed for teens 13 through 15, AOL and its partners may not collect names, addresses, telephone numbers or other personally identifiable information without disclosing how that information will be used and notifying teens that they should obtain permission from their parents before providing any information.

Another way parents can control their child's experience online is AOL's Parental Controls (Keyword: Parental Controls). These simple, flexible tools allow parents to customize content and functionality to their child's maturity level.

Since one master account may have up to five screen names, we encourage all parents to use their master account to create separate screen names for each child. This allows the parent to customize AOL to their child's maturity level and content needs: Kids Only (recommended for children 12 and under); Young Teen (recommended for ages 13-15); or Mature Teen (recommended for ages 16-17).

Using Parental Controls, parents can also choose to activate the AOL Guardian feature to receive regular e-mail updates about the child's online activities using his or her AOL screen name, such as the Web sites that the child visited or attempted to visit; number of e-mail and Instant Messages sent; or contacts in the child's address book and Buddy List.

AOL notifies both the parent's master account and the child's screen name when AOL Guardian is activated. AOL Guardian reports are intended solely for the parent's master account, and are not otherwise used or disclosed by AOL except to comply with valid legal process (such as search warrant, subpoena, or court order), or in special cases such as threatened harm to a child.

Basically it says nothing about them giving out actualy convos to parents. If they kids are setup on what AOL calls a Gaurdian Account, the parents are able to see WHO the kids are talkign to and what website they are accessing, but again, there is no mention about giving out the text.

Maybe your girl left a dialogue box up, and one of her rents saw it. Then saved it. Then showed it to her and said that they got it from AIM, to try to scare here to spill the beans.

Please read our important note to parents to learn more about AOL's practices regarding children's online privacy.
 
aim has a logging feature on ur computer will it will store ur messages, but it isnt automatic. you have to turn logging on where from that point it will save ur convos. but in order to view the messages you have to be logged in on ur screen name. so unless the parent have her screen name and password and have turned logging on, there is no other way for it to happen.
 
Yah what we said she prolly left her AIM open and they turn it on and than went to where they were stored and looked at them. but Pidgin FTW
 
this was not done with a logger, conversations were obtained that were done from multiple computers on multiple networks

and even now my girlfriend doesn't want to break up, so thanks for being a total dick

I'm really questioning the legality of this, as they got information that i told her that they should not know

+ she's now getting in trouble for things done and spoken about more than a year ago, so no window was left open
 
You're an idiot, if this whole thing is true, you gf parents are lying to you/your gf is lying to you/you're lying to us.
 
I really don't think AIM is allowed to do that, dude... it certainly would not be doable via phone, internet, or mail, she'd have to go to AOL in-person. Loggers are easy as hell, I think that's a lot more likely.

That sample AIM conversation up there is hysterical, by the way, EXACTLY what I was thinking when I read the first post haha.
 
i thought this was fake...

till i am just now cleaning up my hard drive..i go into my computer, local disk, documents and settings, owner, then application data and click on aim and follow that to a final link..low and behold, a shit ton of aim conversations i have had from years past..i am not even joking you...
 
yeah, you can set aim to log your convos on your personal computer. (I'm thinking the parents in this story discovered the convos were being logged all this time just now) you can also turn off the logging feature, but it couldve been on without her knowing..

the thread creator is saying the parents went to AOL to get the messages....?!
 
your girlfriend probably logs all here convo's and her parents found them

and they all said

"i got a new dildo"

"its bigger than my ex-black boyfriends D!CK"

"NICE! i got an asian one!"

 
^wtf

and idk, it seems mad sketchy to me, her parents may be full of shit and just found the stuff on one computer...which would be a half-relief
 
Im not here to say its true or not, cuz i trust most people when they post things, but im just going to warn you that until your 18, you are hardly considered a citizen in this country. Parents can pretty much do whatever they want in this country to do what they think is "protecting their kids" Im not saying this to put you down or anything, just to tell you whats up.
Good luck with your girl and everything.
 
True, but think of this from a rents perspective. They find just say 1 convo from the past sayting how she was shitfaced/high/g'd/ect, and of course they are gonna go WTF, esp since its their daughter. They will now press her saying that they know everything and that she needs tyo fess up, same thing cops do.

Do you have hard evidence from the g/f that it was one convo? Or have you seen the loggs of all the other convos?
 
or you can go to AIM settings, go to IM logging and click the box that will log EVERY conversation onto your computer into the file of your choice.

thats prolly what they did.
 
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I'm not sure exactly how the OSCAR (AIM) protocol works but I can't imagine that they would store any information on their servers. Instant messaging is meant to be "instant" so the message is sent directly to the other persons computer. I believe the AIM servers only do the routing and store information like buddy lists and icons.

I don't see any reason for them to store the information in conversations. It would only cause them problems and I don't see any gain for them. If they don't store the information they can never be subpoenaed for that information. The information in a conversation wouldn't have very much monetary value since it would be very difficult to extract any useful information from it.

I actually do save my messages though. So far it hasn't been too useful but the situation might arise. A couple times it was nice to remember links my friends sent me (Spotlight in OS X 10.5 is soooo much better than 10.4) and I can imagine "he said/she said" situations that I'll be able to resolve pretty simply.

I think your girlfriend is an idiot, her parents are lying to her, or she's lying to you though.
 
my gf isn't lying, she's absolutely crushed

but her mom thinks the devil is making her a bad child, and apparently requested her AIM convos from AOL

please don't call me a retard for posting this, it's what her parents told her
 
one of my friends dads had a hidden program that took a screenshot every like 10 seconds or something and also one that logged his aim conversations, he eventually just hit ctrl alt delete and went to processes and figured out what was what and closed them down or some shit. thats probably what your girlfriend has, im gonna go look on aims site and see if you are right just for kicks though.
 
holyshit!!! i just did that kinda and im looking around and theres stuff there i thought i already erased! and links to my moms bank accounts and all that since this laptop was hers before, Scary shit.
 
No when you download the new version it comes already set up with logging and you have to turn it off...I just tried a couple of minutes ago and it was already logging the convos...
 
you gotta read the fiiiiiine print

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