The Tor Project released the beta of their new Messenger app. This messenging client is based on Mozilla’s Instantbird, and works with several popular messaging platforms, including Facebook Chat, Twitter, Google Talk, and Jabber.
The encryption piece is handled using Tor’s OTR Protocol (for Off-The Record), and requires that users exchange a secret key. This is available in Windows, Linus, and OSX versions from the Tor website.
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