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P2P instant messenger for the Tor network
TorChat is a peer to peer instant messenger with a completely decentralized design, built on top of Tor\"s location hidden services, giving you extremely strong anonymity while being very easy to use without the need to install or configure anything.
TorChat just runs from an USB drive on any PC.
Tor location hidden services basically means:
· Nobody will be able to find out where you are.
· If they are already observing you and sniff your internet connection they will not be able to find out what you send or receive, to whom you are sending or receiving from, where your contacts are located.
Note
You can run TorChat from an USB-Drive and no matter where you are, you always have the same address as long as you don\"t delete the files in the folder torhidden_service.
The contents of this folder are your key. They must always be kept secret. If someone wants to impersonate your identity he must and will try to steal the contents of this folder from you. Keep this always in mind. It would probably be a good idea to use TorChat in conjunction with something like TrueCrypt or at least a password protected USB-Drive to protect your key file.
What\"s New in This Release: [ ]
· fix some string encoding problems (and crashes) with non-ascii user names or folder names.
· Windows: update the bundled tor.exe to current stable version 0.2.2.34
TorChat 0.9.9.550 is surprisingly easy to use and is an excellent peer-to-peer messaging program. If you need James Bond-like secrecy, then TorChat is for you. Its design is totally decentralized and is built right on top of Tors location hidden services. Besides providing absolute anonymity, the program is laughingly easy to use, there is no need to install or configure anything, and it runs on any PC from a USB-Drive. Not only is it impossible for anybody to find your location, but if someone already knows your location and you start running the TorChat 0.9.9.550, they will have no way of knowing what you are sending or receiving. Also, the locations of your contacts will be totally hidden and whatever they send to you, or you send to them, will be secret as well. You will be able to run TorChat from a USB-Drive, and where you are will make no difference at all, plus, you will always have the same address. However, it is important to remember not to delete the files in the Tor folder in order to maintain the same address. Because it is vital that nobody ever find out the contents of the folder, it can be helpful to run TorChat in conjunction with another program, such as TrueCrypt, or maybe just use a password protected USB-Drive to maintain the integrity of your files.
