That's why people should move to open and decentralized instant messages networks. xmpp/jabber for example are easy to setup, federation is supported by some m

That's why people should move to open and decentralized instant messages networks. xmpp/jabber for example are easy to setup, federation is supported by some major parties (google talk for example) and use OTR (or PGP if you can convince your friends) encryption whenever possible. Pidgin, Adium and others support it out of the box or through easily installable plugins and even your [mom] can use it since the key generation and handshake can be automatic, requiring only optional authentication if you are paranoid.