How did Someone Evesdrop on My Yahoo IM

[MtnClimber]

I have heard of Middle Man Attacks with evesdroppers.. on Instant Messaging Services.. How do they do this? Do they hack into the Big Search Engines?
Thx

[bigH2O]

It's easy to eavesdrop on any traffic that goes out over the internet. If you want your messaging to be secure, it needs to be encrypted... and on both ends. Whoever you communicate with will have to use the same encryption protocol that you use. A good encryption program that runs behind Instant Messanger is IMSecure. It is free for individuals, and can be found at http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_ims.jsp