Topic: BitDefender Chat Encryption (download)

[Samker]

Despite its crucial role in a world of ultra rapid communication, instant messaging comes with a price: you can never know who’s got an eye on your private conversations.

BitDefender Chat Encryption allows you to communicate securely via Yahoo! Messenger or Windows Live Messenger by encrypting the instant messages exchanged with another PC on which BitDefender Chat Encryption is also installed.


Features and Benefits

Privacy in a snap
The tool does not require any password or other special settings. When a conversation is initiated, the encryption procedure begins automatically.

No message hijacking
Top level encryption guarantees that only you and your contact have access to your IM conversations

Share it with your friends – it’s free You can invite the people in the contact list to us this product with just a few clicks. After they install the product your conversations will be encrypted.

Download: http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-2236-en--BitDefender-Chat-Encryption.html

[Delsol]

I assume SKYPE is relatively better than Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger in terms of security. How about GTalk? Anybody heard of GTunnel?

[Samker]

I assume SKYPE is relatively better than Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger in terms of security. How about GTalk?

Yes I agree, probably Skype have best Security protection: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/security/detailed-security/ at least they provide more information about security measures than other...

Anybody heard of GTunnel?

GTunnel is a very interesting project: http://www.internetfreedom.org/GTunnel

GTunnel is a Windows application that works as a local HTTP or SOCKS proxy server. After setting proxy to GTunnel in web browser or other Internet applications, the traffic will go through GTunnel and our server farm before it reaches its original destination.

GTunnel protects Internet users' privacy and freedom of speech in these ways:

    * User's IP address is hidden and user's Internet privacy protected. The destination servers see GTunnel server addresses instead.
    * Traffic content is encrypted with industry-strength algorithms between the user's PC and GTunnel servers so the local filtering/censorship systems will not see the content in clear-text format.
    * Blockade of target servers circumvented.

Probably, I'll test GTunnel in coming days. 

[Delsol]

Maybe we should create a new forum category called "Secure Surfing" or something close? Would be a great addition to what have already made into this site.

[Samker]

Maybe we should create a new forum category called "Secure Surfing" or something close? Would be a great addition to what have already made into this site.

Don't know, I'll speak with Amker about your suggestion. 

We'll also see opinions of other SCF Members in following reply's...