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I was very disappointed when I found out they don't use TLS when federating XMPP. Basically, if you're chatting with someone who uses them for XMPP (Jabber) se
by rachelbythebay 14y ago
I was very disappointed when I found out they don't use TLS when federating XMPP. Basically, if you're chatting with someone who uses them for XMPP (Jabber) service, your stuff is riding in the clear between the two servers.
It's been like this for years.
- mike-cardwell 14y agoPeople should use OTR anyway. That way not even Google can see your messages.
- pseut 14y agoHow many gmail chat users use an external IM client?
- cdcarter 14y agoThe client built into the gmail interface supports OTR.
- pseut 14y agoWrong OTR Edit: that came out a little curt. The OTR protocol is different than what Gmail calls OTR. Gmail's just turns off logging; the protocol is encryption.
- mike-cardwell 14y agoI don't know. Most of them?
- pseut 14y agoI was thinking almost none of them.
- mike-cardwell 14y agoI reckon nearly all of them. Pointless this sort of speculation isn't it?