I2P

I2P: A strong web based anonymous network that offers private communications over the internet

If you value your online privacy, a free tool such as I2P can definitely come in handy. The application lets users chat in a private, web-based environment that benefits from multi-layer protection.

A distributed network is at the core of I2P’s architecture, prvoding complete privacy and anonimity for all online communications. Unlike other applications from this niche, I2P is optimized to handle hidden services and harnesses the power of short lived tunnels, which are far less prone to attacks than circuit based networks like Tor.

I2P can be customize to support both chat apps and browsers, altough it does require a certain experience in the networking field, expecially for performing advanced configurations. You can setup your browser’s HTTP proxy to use the web proxy and be able to access eepsites.

Also, you can set IRC clients to redirect traffic to an I2P managed port on the local host, offering a high privacy level while you’re chatting.