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Does Yahoo Messenger securely encrypt files during transfer?

Friday 3 July 2009 @ 9:22 am
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David S asked:

Need to send sensitive (medical) files to a messenger user. I have been unable to find a statement from Yahoo about security afforded to files during transfer. Would require file encrypted (SSL etc.) at my computer and decrypted only at the recipient’s computer. Is this done automatically during file transfer, or is it like email open to every server or packet sniffer in transit?