[liberationtech] The state of IM clients (Jitsi / Gajim)?

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hello Liberation Techers

I was wonder what people think is the current state of IM clients,
particularly Jitsi and Gajim

I know both have had problems is past but today seem to be safer option
than libpurple based cients (Pidgin/Adium).   Are they still worth using or
is there anything better?

Wikipedia casts doubt on security^1 of Gajim due to old issue and Jitsi
requreis Java JRE to be install which can be a bigger problam if browser
plugin get install or user does not keep up dated.

What do people think?

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gajim#Security
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