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Empathy vs Secure copy

A side-by-side look at Empathy and Secure copy. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Empathy

Empathy

Social & Communications

Empathy is an open source instant messaging client that supports text, voice and video chat. It uses the Telepathy framework and integrates with the GNOME desktop environment. Empathy supports popular protocols like XMPP, IRC, Facebook Messenger, and more.

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Secure copy

Secure copy

Security & Privacy

Secure Copy (SCP) is a network protocol used to securely transfer files between a local and a remote host or between two remote hosts. It uses SSH for data transfer and provides the same authentication and same level of security as SSH.

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