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'''Instant messaging''' (IM) is faster than [[email]] and enables text conversations in real time. Some IM applications have a voice component and are thus equivalent to an Internet phone call with a text supplement. IM very popular on the Internet, although it is normally not [[encryption|encrypted]]. If IM messages are encrypted in transit, they are decrypted when it reaches the server that is providing the messaging service. It has already been revealed by [[Edward Snowden]] and others that the [[NSA]] is recording almost all of the instant messaging traffic using [[PRISM]] and other tools. So, you can be sure that the [[NSA]] is getting all of your messages if you are using any major messaging provider such as:

'''Instant messaging''' (IM) is faster than [[emai l]] and enables text conversations in real time. Some IM applications have a voice component and are thus equivalent to an Internet phone call with a text supplement. IM very popular on the Internet, although it is normally not [[encryption|encrypted]]. If IM messages are encrypted in transit, they are decrypted when it reaches the server that is providing the messaging service. It has already been revealed by [[Edward Snowden]] and others that the [[NS A]] is recording almost all of the instant messaging traffic using [[P RISM]] and other tools. So, you can be sure that the [[N SA]] is getting all of your messages if you are using any major messaging provider such as:

* [[Facebook]]

* [[Fa cebook]]

* [[Google Talk]]

* [[Goog le Talk]]

* [[Google]]

* [[Goog le]]

* AIM - [[AOL]] Instant Messenger

* AIM - [[AOL]] Instant Messenger

* [[Yahoo]]

* [[Yaho o]]

*[[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC) - noncommercial

*[[Interne t Relay Chat]] (IRC) - noncommercial

You can secure your messages by setting up an encrypted solution, of which there are many.

You can secure your messages by setting up an encrypted solution, of which there are many.