Kopete/ICQ/Acerca de ICQ

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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). If 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