Yahoo Blocking Trillian & Other 3rd Party IM Apps
Yahoo on Wednesday began blocking Cerulean Studios' Trillian software from communicating with its instant messaging service in its latest step to fence its popular client from third-party integrators.
Beginning at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, Yahoo changed its instant messaging language to prevent third-party services, such as Trillian, from accessing its service. Like previous statements, the company said the block is meant as a pre-emptive measure against spammers from its Yahoo Messenger service.
"Spammers are being aided by entities that are abusing our systems, where they effortlessly gain knowledge of pathways and back-alley access to send spam," Yahoo spokeswoman Mary Osako said.
Yahoo's actions against Trillian are not new. The company has blocked Trillian in the past, including a handful of times last fall. Cerulean countered by implementing a work-around that soon restored access to Yahoo Messenger. Microsoft in October also shut out Trillian, saying it would have to strike an access agreement with the software giant to gain access to its users.
This time, however, Yahoo said it will continue changing its protocols to prevent clients such as Trillian from finding new ways to incorporate Yahoo. Again, the measure was cited by Yahoo as a way to prevent IM spam.
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