[Pidgin] #16184: Support for YIM communications encryption feature going to be implemented by Yahoo!

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#16184: Support for YIM communications encryption feature going to be implemented
by Yahoo!
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 Reporter:  wynndra      |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
Milestone:  2.10.10      |  Component:  Yahoo!/Yahoo! JAPAN
  Version:  2.10.9       |   Keywords:  yahoo YIM privacy SSL TLS
                         |  encryption security
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 After having looked through the recent tickets, I didn't find any refering
 to the oncoming implementation of generalized encryption for Yahoo Instant
 Messenger (as refered on Yahoo's blog here:
 http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/81529518520/status-update-encryption-at-yahoo
 and on their website).

 I am no expert at such things, but I think implementing the all-encrypted
 feature for the protocol as soon as it is technically possible would be a
 good thing to do, both because it would dramatically increase server to
 client security and online privacy (even if this is highly relative
 because the traffic on the server end can be analyzed unless an OTR layer
 is added for messages) and also because as of now, it doesn't seem clear
 if Yahoo will still allow unencrypted messaging sessions past the secure
 log-in and authentication step.

 I suppose that if it is just about wrapping messaging sessions in SSL/TLS,
 the implementation of such a feature would probably be similar to that
 used for AIM in Pidgin. Hopefully, there will be more information about
 this in the coming weeks or months.

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Ticket URL: <https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/16184>
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