TOX Chat

 

Tox (https://tox.chat) is a free, open source, decentralized peer-to-peer messenger, that uses end-to-end encryption to protect your communications.

 

Some of the features of Tox include:

• Instant messaging
• Voice (VOIP) calls
• Video chat
• Screen sharing
• File sharing
• and... Group chats

Because Tox is a decentralized peer-to-peer messenger, "Tox has no central servers that can be raided, shut down, or forced to turn over data - the network is made up of its users."

Tox also employs end-to-end encryption for all its communication. "Tox uses the cryptographic primitives present in the NaCl crypto library, via libsodium. Specifically, Tox employs curve25519 for its key exchanges, xsalsa20 for symmetric encryption, and poly1305 for MACs."

Tox is a good system when working from a desktop or laptop computer. It makes an interesting replacement for Skype if you are looking for more security in your conversations. 

 

It must be understood that Tox is still in development, but both  µTox and qTox are available and so far seem to work quite well. For those of you who are interested in cyber-security and COMSEC, Tox is certainly worth a look.