20 Jan 09 Detect Invisible YM Buddies

Do you, like me, hate it when you so much need to talk to a contact in ym and you think he or she is offline when actually they are not? I just found a few nifty tools where you can actually see if they are offline or not…

Buddy Spy -

simply the best in invisible detection

Features:

Yahoo! Invisible Detection
Yahoo! Primary ID Checking
Yahoo! Webcam Checking
Improved GUI
More Custom Settings
More Packet Types

Yahoo! Invisible Detection

Quickly and quietly check to see if a friend or enemy is truly online. With Buddy Spy you can scan a Yahoo! Messenger user with out fear that they know they are being scanned.

Yahoo! Primary ID Checking

Buddy Spy can also detect whether or not the user being scanned is on an alias profile or the default profile.

Yahoo! Webcam Checking

Buddy Spy will detect if the user is broadcasting on their web cam.

Improved GUI

Buddy Spy 2.2 has a new and improved interface. Designed for usability and ease of use.

Download it here

Just a while ago I found a website which can do invisible checking of your contacts, can generate status indicator images for use with blogs and websites, and can also backup your ym messenger contact list into a text file you can download to your computer.

The address is http://imvisible.info

Personally i think both methods has their own pros and cons like Buddy Spy for instance needs a yahoo id in order to function and also (though i had not confirmed yet) the id you will use to scan needs to have the user to be scanned added to it’s contact list.

IMvisible on the other hand like most websites may have some security issues though the website says it’s pretty secure…

At the end of the day it is up to the end user if they will take the risk of using such services…

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