Secure IM?

Mon Jul 22 22:22:02 2002

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Has anyone created an application or plugin that uses GnuPG to encrypt =
messages sent through an instant messenger? Trillian used to have a =
secure option for ICQ chatting, but I don't know what type of =
implementation it used.=20

People have been burned by logged chat messages (on their own machine) =
too many times. You'd think a IM client would be part of the GnuPG =
project.

Would it make more sense to use something similar to SSH or SSL to do =
the secure IM or would a per message encrypting be more portable?

-- Clint

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