ICQ is the first instant messaging and presence in the world, coming from

Mirabilis. Bought by AOL. Now owned by Mail.ru. Now used mainly in eastern

Europe. Privacy note: Russian government may have rights to access the logs

[under the law](http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/07/russian-spooks-could-claim-web.html).

Connecting to ICQ with clientlogin requires a "devID" or "devKey". They can be

obtained [here](http://www.icq.com/legal/icq_developer_network_agreement.html).

Official clients use the following keys:

Client | Version | Key

------ | ------- | ---

ICQ for Windows | 7.2 (or earlier) to 7.5 | gu19PNBblQjCdbMU

ICQ for Java | 3.0.0 | ic10GdI_eL50oMQ_

ICQ for Mac/Linux (Adobe AIR) | ?? | ic1-IIcaJnnNV5xA

ICQ for Windows Mobile | ?? | mi12f8a_qCj1okmC

ICQ for Android | 1.0.1 | ao1mAegmj4_7xQOy

Web ICQ | ?? | ic1Fvhd7u8Msuxui

* [http://icq.com/](http://icq.com/)

* [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ)