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I actually had a few of my friends using OTR, until they realized that - it's extremely buggy between software (e.g. Jitsi + Gibberbot) - it's a huge hassle t
by sirsar 13y ago
I actually had a few of my friends using OTR, until they realized that
- it's extremely buggy between software (e.g. Jitsi + Gibberbot)
- it's a huge hassle to use on multiple devices
Then PRISM came out and... they didn't care.
Email is the same way: give me a way to, without spending much extra time, use encrypted email on my phone and any computer I come across, and I'll use it. Otherwise, it doesn't seem worth it.
The best thing I can come up with is js based encryption, where the server stores my private key, encrypted. For widespread adoption, though, you'd still need an Android app, an iPhone app, and a Windows 8 app, and it goes without saying that browser-based encryption in js is subject to a myriad of attacks.
- zobzu 13y agoYeah.. OTR implementations generally succeeded being more painful to use than PGP/GPG. Aaaand they don't even have the trust model of PGP... too much to sacrifice for the forward secrecy and what not.
- mjn 13y agoI haven't had any trouble with OTR, and this is the first I've heard of interoperability problems (but I haven't gone looking for information on them before). I wonder if it's due to a lack of client diversity among my contacts. Most of us use either Adium (which has OTR built in) or Pidgin with the OTR plugin, and they seem to interoperate ok.