Posted by Greg at August 26th, 2005

Google Talk has been both hyped (Google could kill AIM and MSN!) and panned (Google Talk has no features!). Right now there’s not a lot to Google Talk that any other IM service couldn’t offer, but here’s what has me excited:

Google Talk currently does not encrypt chats or calls. But we are working hard to make many improvements to Google Talk while it is in beta, and we plan to fully support encryption of chats and calls before our official release.

Secure text, audio, and soon video chat on an open protocol from a mainstream company? Encryption that everyone can use?

About damn time.

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