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OTR has nothing to do with encryption. All it says is "pretty please don't save my conversation." The only way for fully encrypted conversations is to use a pl
by hamidpalo 15y ago
OTR has nothing to do with encryption. All it says is "pretty please don't save my conversation."
The only way for fully encrypted conversations is to use a plugin that encrypts messages themselves, or use an ecrypted P2P IM network.
- jeltz 15y agoOTR is all about encryption, it is a plugin which encrypts the messages themselves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging
- eurleif 15y agoI think the GP was thinking of Google Talk's feature to disable logging, which is also called 'off the record'.
- burgerbrain 15y agoHe was not: "using a client like Pidgin with an Off The Record (OTR) plugin."
- buu700 15y agoWhat are you on about? OTR is pretty robust encryption. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging
- bryanl 15y agohttp://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ the OTR protocol mentioned in the parent does provide encryption.
- hamidpalo 15y agoThere seems to be some confusion about the XMPP definition of OTR as defined in XEP-0136 which does not mention encryption (http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0136.html#otr http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0136.html#otr) and the colloquial use of OTR which apparently means "encrypted IM." AFAIK there is no defined standard or agreed-upon XMPP extension for the latter. I should have clarified this in the original comment.
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- eurleif 15y ago>AFAIK there is no defined standard or agreed-upon XMPP extension for the latter. The standard is here: http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/Protocol-v2-3.1.0.html http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/Protocol-v2-3.1.0.html It doesn't need an XMPP extension because it's defined in terms messages, so it works with any IM protocol.