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[hemmerling] Internet Messenger, IP Telephony, Video Conferencing, Voice Over IP, Unified Messaging, Unified Communications

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General Voice Over IP Resources

Open Voice Over IP Protocols

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Internet Messenger / Telephone / Videophone Clients

AIM ( AOL Instant Messenger )

  • AIM ( AOL Instant Messenger ).

Clubhouse

Collanos Phone

CometChat

iVisit

  • iVisit - the free iVisit Desktop, the free iVisitskype Presenter.

ICQ

G Data Secure Chat

Gadu-Gadu ( GG )

  • Poznaj GG - The Polish #1 messenger, #1 messenger of Poland.
    • Poznaj GG "Zarejestruj sie" - “Register”.
      • Na telefonie ( Android, MacOSX ).
      • Na komputerze ( Windows, MacOSX ).
      • W przegladarce ( Browser ).
    • Login.
      • Login at desktop PC browser:
        • “Zaloguj się”.
        • The menu option might be hidden, if the browser window is not wide enough :-( ( i.e. the screen is less than 1280 pixel width ).
      • Login at smartphone & desktop PC browser:
        • In the green widget at the bottom “Napsz do nas”, click on the button “Wyslij”.
        • In the loaded widget page, at “Aby kontynuowac rozmowe na gg”, click the link “Zaloguj sie”. The login screen opens :-).
        • After login, load the URL http://www.gg.pl/ in your browser, to start using the messenger :-(. Load a browser bookmark, or type in the URL manually...
    • Logout: At the left main menu bar item “GG”, select “Wyloguj” to logout.
  • Google Play "GG".
  • EN.Wikipedia "Gadu-Gadu", DE.Wikipedia "Gadu-Gadu".

ginlo ( formerly: SIMSme )

Google Hangouts ( formerly: Google Talk, Google Voice )

The Service

Clients

API

Resources

Google RCS

HoneyQ

imo

  • imo for Win, MacOSX, Android, iPhone - “imo free video calls and chat”.
  • Google Play "imo free video calls and chat".
  • “To use imo for Windows Desktop, you must first install the app on Android ,iPhone or Windows Phone” :-(, 2020-11.

Instagram

The Service

Clients

Resources

  • TheVerge "Instagram starts bringing DMs to the web", 2020-01-14.
  • If you try to login at a PC by browser, and Instagram asks you to enter a 6-digit number sent by SMS,
    • Instagram just sents the SMS if Instagram is installed on the smartphone :-(.
    • So if by some reason, Instagram is not installed on a Smartphone, but you get asked to enter the 6-digit number, Instagram did not sent you the SMS with the number :-(, so you can't login by browser. Solution: Install Instagram on your Smartphone, again.

Jabber

Jajah

Kakao Talk

  • Kakao Talk for Windows.
    • A Kakao account can just be created on a mobile device. You can´t create a device by the Windows application, nor by the website.

Kik

  • Kik for Android, IOS, Windows Phone.
    • Warning: If you logout on a device, and login from a different device:
      1. The contents of the first device is not available on the new device
      2. But by the login on the new device, all contents on the old device is not available anymore at next login, i.e. the old contents is deleted!.
    • 2020: Links or E-Mail addresses sent by messsages, can't be opened in the browser or copied to the clipboard :-(. The same with ordinary text of text messages, they can't be copied to the clipboard :-(. 2023-05: You may copy text and URLs to clipboard :-).
    • “Delete Message? The message will not be deleted from XXX's chat”.
    • Warning: Images disappear from the chat within a few hours :-(!!!
      • However, if you click on an image, there is a download symbol ( an arrow ) at right upper corner. By this you transfer an image to the smartphone gallery, in case of Android smartphone, with MediaManager of BlueStacks to “Gallery / Kik”.
    • Google Play "Kik".
    • Kik "Reset your Password".
    • Kik Browser, Kik Top Apps.
    • Kik Help Center.
    • Kik Me - Share Kik usernames Meet Kik friends Here.
    • Group Kik.
    • EN.Wikipedia "Kik Messenger", DE.Wikipedia "Kik Messenger".

Line

  • LINE - “Free Messaging Whenever, Wherever. Send free one-on-one and group texts to your friends anytime, anywhere! LINE is available for a variety of smartphone devices (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Nokia) and even your PC”.
  • LINE "Download" for Windows.
  • Google Play "LINE: Free Calls & Messages".
  • Your mobile phone number is your ID!
  • Warning: If you logout on a device, and login from a different device:
    1. The contents of the first device is not available on the new device
    2. But by the login on the new device, all contents on the old device is not available anymore at next login, i.e. the old contents is deleted!

Mattermost

  • Mattermost - “The Only Open Source Collaboration Platform for Developers. Bring your tools and teams together in a fully secure location”.
    • Free self-hosted software “Enterprise E0”:
      • Self-hosted one-to-one and group messaging, file sharing and search.
      • Native apps for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and Linux.
      • Unlimited integrations.
      • Tools for custom branding.
      • Unlimited search history.
      • Multi-language translation.
      • Multi-factor Authentication.
      • Reference customer: Forth ( chat.forth-standard.org ).
    • Commercial hosting services.
  • The user interface of the chat function looks like a “Slack” clone :-).

Microsoft

Microsoft NetMeeting

MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft Office Communicator

Windows Live
Windows Messenger
Microsoft Office Communicator

Microsoft Teams

The Tool
Login
Resources

Skype

The Service
Utilities
  • The free Skype log viewer Nirsoft "SkypeLogView" for Windows.
    • The default file that Skype looks for conversation is main.db
%AppData%\Skype\SkypeUserName\main.db
  • “SkypeLogView” asks for and detects automatically the Skype user directory on Window:
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Skype\<skypeusername>
Resources
  • As of 2019-01, you can remove messages ( and so sent pictures ) as sender :-(. “This message has been removed” :-(.
  • Skype search:
    1. For MSN IDs: “live:yanned”.
    2. For names: “yanned” - Doesn´t look for Skype ID or MSN IDs :-(.
  • How to save the personal data for a new installation of Skype?
    • “Options / Privacy settings / Save your history to CSV file” - Click on “Export Chat History”.
    • Skype "Wie kann ich Skype für Windows Desktop deinstallieren und erneut installieren?".
      1. Press “WindowsButton R” and open the Windows explorer by ”%appdata%\skype”.
      2. Save the directory “My Skype Received Files” and the directory with your Skype name. If you login by a Microsoft account, the name of the directory starts with “live#3”.
    • Skype, classical Desktop Application for Win7, Win8, Win10.
    • Skype Windows App for Win10.
      • Microsoft Community "Where is the main.db file for new skype???", 2017-11-20.
        • With the latest version 12.X update to the new Microsoft Skype for Windows 10 (Skype UWP) application, the procedure for how and where the messages are saved has changed quite dramatically.
        • The local settings are now available in this folder:
          • ”%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeApp_kzf8qxf38zg5c\LocalState\<Skype Name>”.
          • "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeApp_kzf8qxf38zg5c\LocalState\<skype_name>"
"C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeApp_kzf8qxf38zg5c\LocalState"
        • The well known main.db file is still present in this folder, but it is no longer used to save chat messages. Also other data used to be saved in this database file are now missing.
        • Instead, the new Skype UWP application is now using another database file, skype.db. Inspecting this database file with a SQLite browser, shows that the chat messages are now saved in this file in the messages Table, but under different headings..
  • Business Skype doesn´t save chat messages, after finishing or even halting a chat. I was told by experts, that in case that Microsoft Outlook ( not: Outlook Express ) is installed, chats might be saved automatically.

Miranda IM

mIRC

Nimbuzz

Parler

Paltalk

PowWow

SayHi

Session

  • Session for Windows, Android, iPhone - “Session is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that minimises sensitive metadata, designed and built for people who want absolute privacy and freedom from any form of surveillance”.
  • GitHub "oxen-io / session-android".

Signal Private Messenger

Slack

SnapChat

Speak Freely

stashcat

Talque

  • Talque.
  • “talque ist der neue Messenger, mit dem Sie ganz einfach mit anderen chatten, gemeinsame Termine finden, große Files versenden und Videocalls führen können. Alles direkt im Browser”.
  • “Um einer Konferenz oder einem Netzwerk beizutreten, geben Sie bitte den Zugangscode ein” ⇒ “5gconf19”.

Telegram / Nicegram

Telegram

  • Telegram for Browser ( “Web-version” ), Android,... ( but not for native Windows :-( ).
  • Your mobile phone number, or a self-defined username, is your ID!
  • My negative experience:
    • If a profile mutes somebody ( “Block user” ) by the profile menu, the owner of the muted profile doesn't have neither access to the profile anymore, nor to the past messages, immediately :-(.
    • If a profile deletes the chat ( “Delete chat” ) by the chat menu, both received and sent messages are deleted, and the personal settings of the profile name are reset to the standard given by the profile owner :-(.
    • If a profile is deleted by the owner, past messages are still readable by anybody who got the messages ( ok ).
  • CHIP Praxistipps "Telegram ohne Telefonnummer nutzen - alle Infos", 2021.
    • “Falls Sie mit Unbekannten chatten möchten, aber keine persönlichen Daten über sich preisgeben wollen, haben Sie bei Möglichkeit, bei Telegram einen Benutzernamen zu erstellen... Nun können Sie den Benutzernamen mit Personen teilen, die Ihre Handynummer nicht zu Gesicht bekommen sollen”.
    • “Wenn Sie den Link https://t.me/EuerName teilen, können Sie einen neuen Chat mit unterdrückter Nummer starten”.

Nicegram

TeleGuard

Tellonym

Tencent ( QQ, WeChat )

QQ

WeChat

  • WeChat.
    • The Web WeChat ( Login at login.weixin.qq.com ) requires a mobile device equipped with photo camera and with working “WeChat” :-(.
      1. Open the website Web WeChat with your web browser ( e.g. Firefox ) on your desktop computer, running Windows, Linux,...
      2. Execute the WeChat function “Scan QR Code” and scan the QR code on the website. Do not use other external QR scanner applications - Attention: You can´t establish a WeChat connection by scanning the QR code by an external QR scanner application and typing in the URL at your browser!
      3. By magic, now on the web browser of your computer, the WeChat application starts as browser application.
    • WeChat FAQ, WeChat Mobile FAQ - “WeChat ID is your unique name that friends can search for to find you. Wechat ID can be changed once only. Nickname is your primary name shown to other WeChat users, and it can be changed as often as you like”.
    • 1Tutorials "How to change WeChat ID".

Resources

Threema

Tiktok

  • TikTok.
  • The messenger is often called briefly “toe”.
  • “Messages cannot be sent since this user isn't following you” :-(.
  • Longin on BlueStacks 4 ( Android 4.4.2, SDK 19 ) is refused by the error message “You are visiting our service too frequently” :-(.
  • EN.Wikipedia "BookTok".

TorChat

Tox

Tools

  • Tox - “The idea was to create an instant messaging application that ran without requiring the use of central servers. The system would be distributed, peer-to-peer, and end-to-end encrypted, with no way to disable any of the encryption features; at the same time, the application would be easily usable by the layperson with no practical knowledge of cryptography or distributed systems”.
    • Tox "Clients".
    • qTox.
      • “qTox is a powerful client based on Qt, with an intuitive and feature rich user interface as well as a fast core written in C++. qTox runs on Windows, Linux, MacOS and FreeBSD and offers text messagging, audio and video calls, screen sharing and file transfers. Additionally it has support for text and audio group chats as well as Identicons as avatars”.
      • My experience in 2018-01:
        • With the Windows edition, by mouse-rightclick, there is the menu option “Save chat log” to save the chat messages. Indeed, chat messages are not lost, if you quit qTox. You may “Clear displayed messages” anyhow.
      • Files ( e.g. photos ) sent by messenger are not available both on the sending and receiving messager anymore, if you quit the messenger and then run it again :-(. So you must save files before you quit a session :-).
      • Using qTox requires a login password. So your chat messages might be low-level protected, against against non-computer expert who gets brief access to your computer.
      • qTox doesn´t accepts Tox IDs with broken lines :-(, you must provide an ID as single-line String.
    • uTox.
      • uTox is a “light” Tox, single-file-ready-to-go, without installation on Windows.
      • Using uTox doesn´t require a login password by default. At “uTox Settings / Show password field”, you may set a password.
      • As of 2018-02, there is no menu option to export a .tox profile :-(.
      • uTox accepts Tox IDs with broken lines :-).
    • GooglePlay, The Tox Project "Antox".

Resources

  • Reddit "Any way to use one ID on multiple devices?", 2018.
    • “In some clients you can export your ID. This will create a .tox file. If you then copy the file to another device and import the ID (supported on some, not all, clients) you will be able to use the same ID on both devices”.
    • “You can just copy your .tox file to another device, but then you can't be online on both of them at the same time. I would recommend using a separate profile on each device”.
  • Reddit "Antox to uTox", 2016.
    • “In Antox: Swipe right > profile > export profile > select directory. That will export your .tox profile file to the selected directory. From there transfer it to your pc. I know you can import it using qTox, but for uTox the instructions will be different”.
    • “Wait for toxcore to officially support multiple devices”.

TrillianASTRA

VIPole

  • VIPole ( Promotion Code ) for Windows, Linux, MacOSX, Android, iPhone - “Secure messaging, video, calls and sharing”.
    • “Length of secret phrase must be more than 8 symbols. Secret phrase must differ from password”.
    • Smartphone App has the option ”[x] Show deleted records” for each chat partner :-). I didn´t find that with the Windows App :-(. The Smartphone App displays deleted records by the italics text ”Deleted”.
    • Windows App has the general option “Files / File storage options” :-). I didn´t find that with the Smartphone App :-(.
    • The Windows App has a seach function for the chat with a chat partner :-), both in standard mode and history mode. For the Smartphone App, you have to switch into the “History” mode for searching.
    • Images are saved e.g. at “C:\Users\Administrator\.vipole\myName@vipole.com\files\contacts\senderName@vipole.com\incoming\2023\05”.

Viber

  • Viber for Windows.
    • Viber 4.2.1 crashes on my Win7 computer with XP2400 CPU...
  • Google Play, Viber Media S.à r.l.Kommunikation "Viber Messenger".
  • You may activate both one smartphone as “premier device” and one “secondary device”, e.g. a PC Desktop.
  • As of 2019-04, I am unshure if you may run “Viber” on three devices...
  • Your mobile phone number is your ID!

WEB.DE MultiMessenger

Webphone

  • Webphone
    • Webphone - free softphone for Windows.
    • Netspeak Webphone - discontinued commercial softphone for Windows. I got installed the “LITE” version (with unlimited connection duration, but connects to 1 line only at a time), activated by the license key distributed with CREATIVE SOUNBLASTER cards.

WhatsApp

The Service

Backup

Multiple Devices

Resources

Wickr ( Wickr Me, AWS Wickr / Wickr Pro )

The Messenger

Resources

  • AWS Wickr uses the original installation language of the Windows operating system. So with a German Win10Pro, Wickr has German user interface, even if the “Windows Display Language” of Win10Pro is set to “English (United Kingdom)” :-(.
  • Message after installation of Wickr app / application on a new device: “We like privacy too, so for privacy reasons your conversation history will not appear on this device, but all future conversations will” :-(.
  • Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) "AWS Wickr".
  • Wickr Support "What’s the difference between AWS Wickr and Wickr Me".
  • Wickr "Wickr Pro - Migrate to AWS Wickr" - “Wickr Pro will be discontinued on January 31, 2024. In November 2022, we announced the general availability of AWS Wickr — a new version of Wickr Pro that offers additional features”.
  • Wickr "Product Feature: Burn-on-Read and Expiration Timers".
    • Expiration Timers. Expiration timers dictate how long after a message is sent that it will be deleted.
      • In Wickr Me, expiration timers can be set to anywhere from 6 hours to 6 days.
      • In AWS Wickr you have a wider range of options, with settings anywhere from 6 hours to 30 days.
  • Wickr Support "Wickr Open Access" - “The Wickr Open Access feature's goal is to hide your connections to Wickr services. It’s more of a masquerading technique that provides anti-censorship/anti-blocking by making traffic look like it’s associated with certain ports & protocols that are not restricted”.
  • Wickr Support "What does 'Out of Network' Mean?"

Wire

Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo Squirrel

Yahoo Messenger

  • Yahoo Messenger ( "Full" Download ).
    • Yahoo Messenger - Build number of the current release ( e.g. “Click Download Now to begin downloading and installing Yahoo! Messenger 11.5 ver. 11.5.0.228” ).
    • Yahoo Messenger 10.0.0.1270 is the latest release for W2k ( and maybe even for Win98SE ).
    • Yahoo Messenger 11.5.0.228 is the latest release for computers with PentiumIII CPUs, for Win7. Yahoo discontinues it's services with this version as of 2016-08-30 :-(.
    • The new “Yahoo Messenger 0.8.109” ( of 2016 ) may just be operated on computers with PentiumIV CPUs on Win7 / Win8 / Win10,...
    • “Yahoo! Messenger for the Web service”.
    • Yahoo! Voice.
      • Free calls to 1-800 telephone numbers of the US telephone grid.
      • Free phone-in telephone number in USA, UK, France.
  • Yahoo Help "Yahoo Messenger will be discontinued", 2018-07-17.
    • Yahoo Messenger will no longer be supported after July 17, 2018. Until then, you can continue to use the service normally. After July 17, you'll no longer be able to access your chats and the service will no longer work. Read our FAQs below for more info on what this means for you.
    • Is there a replacement product for Yahoo Messenger? “There currently isn’t a replacement product available for Yahoo Messenger. We're constantly experimenting with new services and apps, one of which is an invite-only group messaging app called Yahoo Squirrel (currently in beta). You can request an invite at squirrel.yahoo.com”.

Yahoo Squirrel by Oath

Recommened Internet Messenger / Telephone / Videophone Clients suggested for secure Business

  • Threema.
  • ginlo ( formerly: SIMSme ).
  • Wire.
  • Stashcat.

SMS Messenger Software

Internet Audio & Video Conferencing Systems

Internet Audio and Video Conferencing Systems

Webcast, Webinar and Online Conference Services

  • The commercial Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro.
  • The commercial Arkadin ( Anywhere Conferencing login ).
  • The commercial AT&T Unified Communications ( formerly: Interwise ).
  • The commercial BeamYourScreen GmbH ( Login ).
  • The free BrightTalk.
  • Citrix Online.
    • The commercial GoToMeeting.
      • The commercial GoToWebinar.
        • Warning: If you come to early to a GoToWebinar webinar, then you get a message to come back later. Important, you must enter the original URL again to try next time. Pressing the “Reload” button of your browser does *NOT* direct you to the webinar :-(.
  • edudip - Plattform für live Online-Seminare, Webinare, Germany - Both for free and commercial webinars and online seminars.
  • The commercial GatherPlace.
  • Grovo - Your Field Guide To The Internet - “Thousands of video lessons covering Internet products you love or didn't know about”.
    • Blog The Grovo Blog.
    • Free online course system with tutorial videos, quizzes, certifications.
    • No free and not even an open payable authoring account ?!
  • Hotconference.
  • Imparare "Webinarsoftware" by Sven Meier, Work Improve Services LTD.
    • “Mehr Umsatz und Reichweite mit dem mächtigsten Marketing-Tool. Automatisierte Webinare und Video-Sales-Letter sind das mächtigste Marketing-Tool auf dem Markt. DENN: Es ist extrem leicht und viel einfacher als die meisten Menschen da draußen erzählen mit Webinaren durchzustarte”.
  • The commercial communications server Microsoft Lynx.
  • The commercial microdrops by micdrops UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Germany - Free limited basic service ( 20min, with a maximum of 3 guests ).
  • The commercial myCOACH - “Marktplatz und Plattform für Online Schulung und Online Beratung”, with some free webinar events by webinar providers.
  • Netviewer AG "netviewer meet", "netviewer support" for Windows - free for private use.
  • The free ?Zoom-alike? online conference system Starten Sie jetzt Ihre Videokonferenz! sicher, kostenlos und ohne Anmeldung ( sichere-videokonferenz.de ) by Horizon44 GmbH, Germany.
  • Spreed by struktur AG - “Free Spreed meeting room for free web meetings with up to 3 attendees” :-).
  • The commercial WebEx ( Offline media player, Channel Wolves Meeting Center ).
  • The commercial Wonder – Online events that are fun - Online meeting tool.
  • The commercial Zoom, Zoom - Online meeting tool, with free basic service.
    • Zoom "Pricing" - Download of the free Zoom client software.
    • Google Play "ZOOM Cloud Meetings".
    • Operation:
      1. Zoom Windows program, Zoom smartphone app.
      2. Chrome browser. Advantage: As there is anonymous login, you may not be excluded - by the Zoom conference organizer - by the registered E-Mail of your Zoom account :-). By deleting the browser cookies, you may reset your exclusion state.
    • Your Basic Plan includes:
      • Unlimited number of meetings (one meeting at a time)
      • No expiration date
      • No time limit for 1-on-1 meetings
      • 40 minute limit on meetings with 3-100 people.
    • Guiding Tech "How to Show Pro­file Pic­ture Instead of Video in Zoom Meeting", 2020-04-11.
      • The instructions don't work with the Windows client of Zoom of 2020-04.
        • There is no option “Edit profile Picture” at right-mouseclick :-(.
        • The profile picture uploaded at the Zoom website doesn't replace the video, if video is stopped :-(.
    • There is the option to upload and display a background picture, button “^” right of the video symbol, at the bottom :-).
    • How to implement multi-room events:
      1. The organizer creates all rooms as “host”. During the event, he must not login.
      2. If the organizer wants to participate in the meeting, he needs a second account.
      3. Both the audience and speaker may enter the rooms, by the option “The audience may enter the room before the host enters the room”.
      4. If the organizer logs in by fault as “host” and enters a room, none of the audience may enter a room anymore. Error message “The host has another meeting in progress” :-(.
    • What is needed to participate in a Zoom meeting?
      • You either have to install the OS ( Windows...) desktop app, or the smartphone app ( Android,...) app.
      • You may use CHROME browser on desktop PCs, without further installation.
    • Recordings.
      • Zoom Support "Cloud recording" - “Cloud recording is automatically enabled for all paid subscribers. When you record a meeting and choose Record to the Cloud, the video, audio, and chat text are recorded in the Zoom cloud. The recording files can be downloaded to a computer or streamed from a browser”.
      • Zoom Support "Recording on iOS and Android" - “It is not possible to record locally from an iOS or Android device” :-(.
    • Zoom "How to Keep Uninvited Guests Out of Your Zoom Meeting".
  • Webinar Jam - “The Premier Webinar Solution‎”.
    • Especially there are templates for landing pages and webinar registration :-).
  • Webinaris - “Die perfekte Lösung für automatisiertes Webinar-Marketing”.

Webcam Services

Webcam Services and Webcam Software

Peer-2-Peer (P2P) Networks

  • Pango -free P2P network software.

Internet Location Server ( ILS ) & User Location Service ( ULS )

  • VideoFrog - NetMeeting Server Directory, Cu-SeeMe Reflector Directory.

Telephone Servers for POT and VoIP

Telephone Number Databases - Telephone Books

Chat & Internet Relay Services, Internet Relay Clients ( IRC )

Telephony Services

Resources

  • DIE ZEIT "GCHQ. Britischer Geheimdienst spionierte Millionen Yahoo-Webcams aus", 2014-02-27 - “Der britische Geheimdienst GCHQ hat einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge jahrelang Bilder der Webcams von Yahoo-Nutzern abgegriffen. Das Programm mit dem Code-Namen Optic Nervehabe von 2008 bis 2010 Standbilder aus den Webcam-Chats des Internet-Konzerns gespeichert, berichtete der britische Guardian”.

Forums, Newsgroups

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