OTR Messaging allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging by providing: Encryption: No one else can read your instant messages. Authentication: You are assured the correspondent is who you think it is. Deniability: The messages you send do not have digital signatures that are checkable by a third party. Anyone can forge messages after a conversation to make them look like they came from you. However, during a conversation, your correspondent is assured the messages h

ICQ is an instant messaging program owned by AOL Time Warner. It implements the proprietary OSCAR protocol. With the help of reverse-engineering there exists several open-source implementations. Open Source ICQ clients Gaim / Adium licq External Links ICQ Use Policy – anything you post on icq belongs to icq