[Telepathy] [Bug 16891] Telepathy should support OTR encryption

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





--- Comment #15 from Ivan Vucica <ivucica at gmail.com>  2009-08-03 05:54:01 PST ---
(In reply to comment #14)
> Well, yes, but name me any other existing chat encrpytion that actually works.
> There are many standards out there which are far from perfect. GIF wasnt
> perfect, but it was used. Most of the protocol standards liek MSN or AIM are
> broken by design also. But they are used and are already implemented.
> 

I have no stance for and against OTR encryption and I don't know what OTR
encryption is about behind the scenes. I will therefore judge only by your
words. 

You seem strangely interested in security... provided by (by your own words) a
broken security layer? Do you really think that providing broken security, and
lulling people into false sense of security is better than providing no
"security" at all?

And to others. I am not a Telepathy developer... but seriously guys, flaming
developers while not being ready to get yourselves on the line? If you find it
useful and especially if you find it critical, do it yourself. Otherwise, feel
free to keep using Pidgin until you get this critical feature, which Thilo
considers broken by design.

I think there's room for other improvements before encryption, because I, and
many other home users, find it unnecessary. Encryption is not important for
majority of people on this world.

Take your tinfoil hats off, people, nobody's going to eat your brains. And if
you really need it for your company, well, either you or your company can
invest resources into Telepathy. I personally don't find OTR important, and I'm
sure most users don't, either. And I don't consider myself completely
paranoia-free. 

If other clients provide you security, use those. Or use email+GPG for even
more security. Filing a request is fine. Posting a comment supporting the
request is fine. Attacking people like some of you did is not fine.


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