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Air Force Launches Encrypted IM Service

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the messages-flying dept.

nomrniceguy writes "U.S. Air Force's Print News Today announces a new instant messaging service for enlisted people stationed abroad to communicate with their families and loved ones. Users cannot send images, audio or other documents through the system. Messages are also encrypted to prevent unauthorized access."

3 of 182 comments (clear)

  1. New Slogan by phaetonic · · Score: 2, Funny

    B a11 U /an B, |_o|_

  2. Way to go, chief by Rinisari · · Score: 2, Funny

    Text only, eh? To the multitudes, I present two functions, base64_encode and base64_decode.

    Email is still all text and probably always will be :-p

    --
    Colin Dean Go a year without DRM
  3. How is this possible? by dswensen · · Score: 3, Funny

    This far into the discussion and no one's made an "AIM High!" joke yet? C'mon, people.