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Which Instant Messaging program is more secure, Gaim or Trillian?

Or what is the most secure instant messenger program that supports multiple protocols (Must have at least AIM, Yahoo!, and ICQ)?

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Hmm...I usually use trillian, and I know that has the ability to encrypt your conversations (probably like every other client)....but, what kind of security are you looking for? Are you worried about your conversations/data that you are sending/Recieving, or the vulnerabilty to your system while using the program?

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Hmm...I usually use trillian, and I know that has the ability to encrypt your conversations (probably like every other client)....but, what kind of security are you looking for? Are you worried about your conversations/data that you are sending/Recieving, or the vulnerabilty to your system while using the program?

just the conversations, just to be sure that only the person i am chatting with is able to view the message

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just the conversations, just to be sure that only the person i am chatting with is able to view the message

Ok. Then you can either use the encryption that the messengers have built in, SSH tunneling (Hak5, ep7), or I think TOR would work for that also.

Edited: for stray tags... :wink:

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Security on instant messanger..... I only talk to my friends so I don't really worry and if I get pissed at a friend I hit him in the face or if its a girl I say "I'm sorry I was wrong" plus their all stupid so I don't really care about security plus I don't think my parents are trying to watch my computer.

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Last I heard Trillian's encryption had a flaw in the RSA padding. I prefer OTR ("off the record") plugin for Gaim, that's real good real time crypto. I haven't heard of any known flaws with it as of yet.

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