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  2. Comparison of cross-platform instant messaging clients

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    Discord: Email or Phone number Yes No No No No Element: No Yes Yes: No Yes Yes Fractal: No No Yes Yes Gadu-Gadu: Email and Phone number No No Gajim: Email Yes No Yes Google Chat: Email; Google account Yes Google Messages (RCS) Phone number Similar to SMS requirements, RCS messaging requires a valid SIM card to be inserted in the device.

  3. Account verification - Wikipedia

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    A telephone number can be provided when creating or verifying an account or added to an account to obtain a set of features. During the process of verifying a telephone number, a confirmation code is sent to a phone number specified by a user, for example in an SMS message sent to a mobile phone. As the user receives the code sent, they can ...

  4. Comparison of instant messaging protocols - Wikipedia

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    YMSG ( Yahoo! Messenger ) ^ a b One-to-many / many-to-many communications primarily comprise presence information, publish/subscribe and groupchat distribution. Some technologies have the ability to distribute data by multicast, avoiding bottlenecks on the sending side caused by the number of recipients.

  5. Pidgin (software) - Wikipedia

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    Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a free and open-source multi-platform instant messaging client, based on a library named libpurple that has support for many instant messaging protocols, allowing the user to simultaneously log in to various services from a single application, with a single interface for both popular and obsolete protocols (from AIM to Discord), thus avoiding the hassle of ...

  6. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.

  7. Add or disable 2-step verification for extra security - AOL Help

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    The phone number we contact you with may be different each time. Enable 2-step for phone. 1. Sign in to your Account Security page. 2. Next to "2-Step Verification," click Turn on. 3. Select Phone number for your 2-step verification method. 4. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the process. Sign in with 2-step for phone. 1.

  8. Why am I asked to verify my account after signing in?

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    Get live expert help with your AOL needs—from email and passwords, technical questions, mobile email and more. Call Live AOL Support at 1-800-358-4860 Feedback

  9. Instant messaging - Wikipedia

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    SMS was a much more dominant form of communication before smartphones became widely used globally. While SMS relied on traditional paid telephone services, instant messaging apps on mobiles were available for free or a minor data charge. In 2012 SMS volume peaked, and in 2013 chat apps surpassed SMS in global message volume.