AIM 5.2.3255 Beta Build Released

Post by **Big-O Mark** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 2:13 pm

New in AIM 5.2.3255

Encrypted IM

Now you can send and receive encrypted IMs! AIM 5.2 introduces the ability for AIM members to send and receive end-to-end encrypted messages - IM, Chat and File Transfer - allowing for message privacy and member identification. Messages are encrypted and decrypted using industry-standard encryption methods - messages sent between AIM members can be digitally encrypted and signed. For more information on using encryption with AIM, click here.

Send IMs to Mobile Phones (Updated!)

Sending IMs to mobile phones just got easier. Now you can create nicknames for your Buddies' mobile numbers, making it easy to find them at a glance. Just enter an easy-to-remember nickname, when you add a mobile phone number to your buddy list.

Note: IM Forwarding and IMs to Mobile phones is available only in the United States. Mobile phones must support text messaging, and you may be charged by your mobile carrier to receive messages on your phone. Please check with your mobile carrier for details.

http://www.aim.com/get_aim/win/win_beta.adp

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 2:20 pm

My heart only jumped about 4 beats before I realized there was no +, and the numbers were out of proportion...

BigHead · Post by **BigHead** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 2:34 pm

i'll wait until a add-remover patch is released

Master Jedi · Post by **Master Jedi** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 3:40 pm

Hmm..looks pretty good. I might have a look-see.

fuuucckkers · Post by **fuuucckkers** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 3:57 pm

encrypted IMs sounds good.. but who's gonna ever use that?

Post by **Big-O Mark** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:06 pm

All of these users would presumably use it:

http://discuss.big-o-software.com/viewtopic.php?t=816

Master Jedi · Post by **Master Jedi** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:14 pm

It's also a popular feature of trillian.

Plasma2002b · Post by **Plasma2002b** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 5:02 pm

wonder how long til that encryption meathod gets cracked

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 7:33 pm

It seems you have to pay for the security...

Master Jedi · Post by **Master Jedi** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 7:56 pm

Plasma2002b wrote:wonder how long til that encryption meathod gets cracked

It won't be. It uses "industry-standard encryption methods - messages sent between AIM members can be digitally encrypted and signed". I presume that means RSA, which is so secure because of a simple fact: huge integers are hard to factor. I know that sounds stupid, but in order to crack their encryption, youd have to factor their public key which could take thousands to millions of years. (Even if you had every computer in the world working on it using some kind of distributed processing, you'd not succeed unless you got really lucky.)

BigHead · Post by **BigHead** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 8:25 pm

anyone no how to get the ads out of this

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 8:31 pm

Kick it a few times... The program will crack and out will fall the ad... Or maybe not...

Jon8RFC · Post by **Jon8RFC** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:46 pm

i'd like to upgrade as well, maybe stealth will hook us up with another ad-remover patch?

DADINK13 · Post by **DADINK13** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:43 pm

Hmmm...I think I'll go and give it a try...

<goes and downloads>

Timelessblur · Post by **Timelessblur** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:21 am

From what I learned yesterday the new AIM will work with DeadAIM. (I learned it from there forums) so I going to guess that anything that work with AIM 5.1 will work with this one 2.

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