Instant Messaging privacy in the clouds

Instant messaging are applications that allow spontaneous communication between two or more people, enabling the relationship between them regardless of the distance that separates them. Also, social network like Facebook used to maintain contact current or old friends, to publish and view photos, to allow a closer relationship between the contacts and private instant messaging is including in its structure. Instant messaging applications are placed in the cloud to facilitate the access to users from any workstation resulting in better cooperation and exchange of information between users. Since the instant messenger needs an internet connection, there are disadvantages of privacy and security, given the risk that messages are sent to be read by strangers. This paper proposes the inclusion of a privacy mechanism to protect information sent or received and allow the personalization according to the user preferences in instant messaging in the cloud.