Contact ICQ Video Calls Chat Rooms Support

by 0oCharlieo0

I read an article that listed ICQ as a great app to reminisce of the chat rooms we used to have back in the early 2000’s.

Downloaded the app and soon found out some men use it to prey upon women, to either scam them or for sexual purposes. One man, whom I had to block, added me to a private group chat with over 3k people in it. It’s a private group for the sole purpose of sharing and posting pornography. As I was reporting the images, a thumbnail for a video showed there was a child involved. I reported the chat due to child pornography. This was two days ago. ICQ has not done anything to eliminate the group chat or even the accounts posting the content. Which I also reported.

After managing to find someone that could guide me, I was told to contact an ICQ moderator who can delete groups and accounts. But was told ICQ allows this kind of group chats as long as there is no child pornography. Wow! If that’s the case why is that chat still running after reporting child pornography content in it!

There are fun group chats. But the fact that the reported content goes unnoticed really bothers me.

*Update* It has been a week since the chat and child pornography was reported through the app and after contacting ICQ via email. Name of chat and link for owner of chat was provided. Nothing has been done. Owner posted more child pornography.

by Dogma169

TO ALL this application IS NOTHING like the original ICQ ( I Seek You)...where the entire chat was Anonymous. This is nothing more than the GRU capitalizing on Nostalgia, and using it to Phish for your information WILLINGLY. I would never recommend this app to my worst enemy...

Update
So the Developer contacts me but gives a blurb to respecting user data control as if it means nothing....when you look at their privacy statement there is a link to the actual privacy policy but guess what...it’s in Russian...Apple should remove this app for that alone, never mind all the Russian Government interference....after all your data is rushing through Russian owned servers....no way to know for sure WHAT the Russian Government owns and has access to, regardless what this developer says.

Update 2
So I’ve read the policy - no mention of Encryption, nothing other than they have the right to SELL your data to 3rd parties, nothing about your rights or privacy. Small blurbs on setting your security, but then backhands you and says “it’s your responsibility” everything about it says they are not responsible. In this day and age ANY Company has a burden of protecting your data not selling it all for profit. There is already an app like that, it’s called FaceBook

by RV4Fun

Very disappointing. Wanted to switch from Duo and IMO to ICQ but couldn’t for the heck of it made it work on my iPad. Latest iPad, latest iOS! When opening, it had a very thing active strip masking the access to the app, which I finally realized was some writing to link to the Privacy Policy and at the very bottom an accept button. Pressing it, swiping it, nothing let me get past it. .... Deleted and reinstalled, no changes. So I guess I’m stuck with other apps that at least work.
P.S. is everybody aware that this is maintained and owned by a Russian Company?