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> Please explain how I can have a secure online conversation with my mother easily. (Easy for me, easy for her). Pidgin with OTR -- configure and verify keys o
by spindritf 14y ago
> Please explain how I can have a secure online conversation with my mother easily. (Easy for me, easy for her).
Pidgin with OTR -- configure and verify keys once, use whatever protocol you want. It is doable and not very difficult right now, the problem really is that no one cares.
- rorrr 14y agoThat's assuming the clients are not compromised, hardware is not compromized, and "whatever protocol" is not susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks.
- nuje 14y agoNot really, you can have good enough security without perfect technology. Cost to acquire or develop and reliably productize (and risk divulging) targeted attacks for OTR would likely exceed the value your adversaries could extract from your chat with your mom.
- dbaupp 14y agoIf the hardware is compromised then all bets are off. No protocol is secure when running on compromised hardware.