[Bug 16891] Telepathy should support OTR encryption

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16891

--- Comment #60 from Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie at collabora.co.uk> ---
(In reply to comment #50)
> Could we also get a config option that turns this whole feature on/off? I
> ask because some industries (like the one where I work) require that all
> electronic communications related to the business get recorded and reviewed
> by compliance officers and made available to regulatory agencies upon
> request.

I think we do need a connection parameter to control this. I think the possible
sensible settings are:

- never use OTR, behave exactly as though it was not implemented

- start an OTR conversation if the local user or remote peer explicitly
requests it

- try to start OTR conversations automatically

I think that would be most comprehensible as two booleans: something like
"enable-otr" (default false initially, default true after a couple of releases)
and "enable-opportunistic-otr" (not implemented in Xavier's patch, but someone
could add it).

The writer of Comment #50 would explicitly set enable-otr to false; the people
getting excited about this bug would explicitly set enable-otr to true, and
when implemented, probably also set enable-opportunistic-otr to true.

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