Safe Instant Messaging

Stephen cryptworks at gmail.com
Fri Mar 15 16:21:34 MST 2013


I will second this one. We use it internally.
On Mar 15, 2013 3:50 PM, "der.hans" <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:

> 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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