Implement the OSCAR protocol

[claus]

hello,
we sould implement the ICQ Protocol the Tor Messanger,
it is one of the most used protocols! this would make Tor Messanger more convenient and attractive

[teor]

Until that happens, please see:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/InstantMessaging#ICQ

[claus]

implement the Protocol:
OSCAR (Open System for Communication in Realtime)
for
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and ICQ.

[arlolra]

This is tracked upstream as ​https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799036

It looks like there's a WIP patch there by clokep.

[cypherpunks]

​ICQ:

According to security analyst Jeffrey Carr, use of ICQ may cause security problems because it was purchased by Russian investment company Digital Sky Technologies. ICQ has fallen out of fashion in the US and the UK, but it remains popular in Eastern Europe and Russia. Carr says the new ownership may be used by Russia's powerful secret service, the FSB (formerly the KGB) since Russian law requires ICQ to open its logs whenever they want

[cypherpunks]

AOL's OSCAR network protocol used by ICQ is proprietary and using a third party client is a violation of ICQ Terms of Service, nevertheless a number of third-party clients have been created by using reverse-engineering and protocol descriptions.