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[http://www.icq.com/en.html ICQ] is a proprietary instant messaging program, first developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis. It uses AOL's OSCAR network protocol for sending the text messages. To identify people, it uses numbers, called UIN (Unified Identification Numbers). But it is to connect an account with an e-mail address, so that you can login with your e-mail.
[http://www.icq.com/en.html ICQ] is a proprietary instant messaging program, first developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis. It uses AOL's OSCAR network protocol for sending the text messages. To identify people, it uses a number, called UIN (Unified Identification Number). When you register an ICQ account, you also have to enter an e-mail address. Some ICQ clients support login with that e-mail address instead of your UIN (but not Kopete).
 
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Revision as of 16:47, 3 January 2011

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ICQ is a proprietary instant messaging program, first developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis. It uses AOL's OSCAR network protocol for sending the text messages. To identify people, it uses a number, called UIN (Unified Identification Number). When you register an ICQ account, you also have to enter an e-mail address. Some ICQ clients support login with that e-mail address instead of your UIN (but not Kopete).

Features

  • Offline messages
  • multi user chat
  • file transfer

Features not yet supported by Kopete

  • games
  • sending SMS

Criticism

  • Privacy: according to the security analyst Jeffrey Carr, the russian secret service could gain access to chat protocols. For further information see here
  • Spam: there is a lot of spam (unwanted advertisement or viruses) in the ICQ network
  • Copyright: according to the ICQ Acceptable Use Policy, you allow ICQ to use posted material in any manner they want