The new AOL Instant Messenger beta offers encrypted chat. About freaking time.
AIM users can now send and receive messages, participate in chats and send files using industry-standard digital encryption using AIM (version 5.2.3211 or higher, Windows operating systems).
Messages sent between AIM users with security credentials are digitally signed and encrypted and remain encrypted during message transmission. Referred to as "end-to-end encryption", AIM encryption goes beyond basic Secure Socket Layers (SSL) encryption — which is commonly used for encrypting messages between a user's browser and a server's web site.
(via /.)
