19 Year Old Zuckerman Instant Message and User Privacy
Link. I think the lesson here is to never assume your chat conversations are going to remain private. Relatedly, I just did a search locally and I have 175 chat logs from the last year with the word "fuck" in them and 400 with the word "damn". Perhaps I need to chill on the swearing a bit myself. Then again, I find the idea of someone being offended by a word incredibly amusing. That's a whole 'nother entry though.