hi, i saw this on friendsfriends, and as a developer of a bunch of sniffer software i feel i must comment :)

the safest way to do this is to ssh out to a host you own, and run your lj client there. then the traffic is encrypted on the wire, and even its origin at livejournal is obscured. if you want a graphical interface you can use x tunnelling over ssh.

happy privacy :)