Safe Instant Messaging

[der.hans]

Am 15. Mar, 2013 schwätzte Nathan England so:

moin moin Nathan,

Look at XMPP ( Jabber and Google chat ) over SSL with person to person
encryption such as off-the-record messaging or other plugin.

ciao,

der.hans

> I have been a long time user of Skype, but naturally grew fearful when 
> Microsoft took over, and assumed there was a security risk because the 
> service was growing large. Now it appears Microsoft really has developed a 
> back-door into the system and the Russian government has been watching... 
> Which only leads me to believe if they were doing it, so was our government.
>
> Which all leads me to the question: what can we use for instant messaging 
> that is safe for us from a privacy stand point, and secure enough to possibly 
> use for employment purposes?
>
> I appreciate your thoughts!
>
>

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