Opened 7 months ago

Last modified 7 months ago

#21526 new enhancement

Implement the OSCAR protocol

Reported by: claus Owned by:
Priority: Medium Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Messenger Version:
Severity: Normal Keywords:
Cc: clokep Actual Points:
Parent ID: Points:
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Description

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

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Change History (5)

comment:2 Changed 7 months ago by claus

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

comment:3 Changed 7 months ago by arlolra

Cc: clokep added
Priority: Very High → Medium
Severity: Major → Normal
Summary: implement ICQ Protocol → Implement the OSCAR protocol

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.

comment:4 Changed 7 months ago by 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

comment:5 Changed 7 months ago by 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.

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