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I'm using OTR, but only for conversations that are worth protecting. IMHO securing typical chat with friends (mostly consisting of funny/interesting link exchan

• mike-cardwell 16y ago
  Not as pointless as most people intuitively think. What if the chat server you're using is compromised by a hacker trying to make a name for themselves and they publish all of the chat logs on bittorrent? Some examples of comments in a private chat that might at first appear like they don't need encrypting, but might come back and bite you in the arse if they ever get published: "God work is boring today. Need to update my CV/Resume" "Bob was a bit of an idiot last night wasn't he" "Thinking of skiving off work tomorrow." "The wife has been nagging at me all afternoon. Fancy a pint later?"
• mnutt 16y ago
  Depending on how secure you want to be, the existence of encrypted/non-encrypted information reveals things as well. Someone could infer something by just knowing that you turned on OTR at a certain time.