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Secure Messaging

A 2006-style desktop messenger window with a buddy list

ScatterChat Screenshots

ScatterChat was discontinued long ago. It is no longer maintained, and you should not rely on it for anything sensitive. Hacktivismo released it in July 2006 as an instant messaging client that combined end-to-end encryption… 

An open manual with chat bubble diagrams and a question mark note

ScatterChat Documentation and FAQ

ScatterChat was an encrypted instant messaging client that the Hacktivismo group released on 22 July 2006 at the H.O.P.E. Number Six conference in New York City. It was discontinued long ago, gets no security fixes,… 

Protest against ACTA in Toulouse on January 28th, 2012 - Information wants to be free Slogan without copyrights (Hacktivismo)

Press Coverage of ScatterChat

ScatterChat drew press and security-community attention mainly during 2006 and 2007, when the scatterchat.com address was its home. The coverage below is a historical record of that period. ScatterChat is not active software, and this…