BlowSearch To Offer Encrypted IM

KingFishKingFish
edited January 2005 in Science & Tech
BlowSearch, a company that operates a meta search engine, is branching out into the instant messaging market, where it sees an opportunity for a service featuring strong encryption.
The company, based in Brooklyn, New York, plans to launch early next month the BlowSearch Secured Messenger, an IM service that offers different levels of encryption to prevent malicious hackers from intercepting the communications.

BlowSearch Secured Messenger also lets users aggregate into its interface buddy lists from the four main public IM services: America Online's AIM and ICQ, Yahoo's Yahoo Messenger and Microsoft's MSN Messenger.

For a quarterly fee of $9.95, BlowSearch Secured Messenger users get 4096-bit encryption, the service's highest level, which the company brands as "gold." Below this is the "silver" level, which offers 256-bit encryption for $7.95 per quarter and the "bronze" level, which offers 56-bit encryption for $2.95 per quarter. All three levels include customer support. The service also offers a free option, which features 56-bit encryption, includes ads, and offers no customer support.
Source: PC World

Comments

  • madmatmadmat
    edited January 2005
    I've never trusted a company with the word "Blow" in the title. (aside from B.D.S. that is)
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    BlowSearch? Is that some kind of site for finding cocaine?
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    You can get free encryption for AIM now. Both parties have to have it installed, but it's there.
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