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OTR team. OTR stands for "Off-the-Record" messaging which
provides encryption, authentication, deniability and perfect
forward secrecy. The team was started by various maintainers of
software that feature "OTR" support. OTR is used for instant
messaging. It adds an encryption layer over existing instant
messaging protocols like Jabber and IRC and is implemented in
several instant messaging clients, which we aim to support and
maintain in Debian.</span></div>
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0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">In a post-Snowden age, it
is important that Debian provides encryption to those who want
to protect their communications. OTR is one of the protocols
that is relatively easy to use for end-users. Its end-to-end
encryption makes it harder for attackers to decrypt the
communication between two parties.</span></div>
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0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">The Debian OTR team is
supported by OTR.im[1], a community of OTR developers, whose aim
it is to work effectively together, peer-review each other's
work and encourage people to step in and work together on the
OTR ecosystem and OTR upstream.</span></div>
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0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">Now for the burning
question, how can you contribute? We welcome any contribution!
From bug reporting and triaging, to bugfixing, packaging and
backporting. We will help newcomers if needed and are very
grateful for your contribution!</span></div>
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OTR homepage with all the information on how to get involved
there:</span></div>
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class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="
url" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;"><a
href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/OTR" style="margin: 0px;
padding: 0px; cursor: pointer !important;">https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/OTR</a></span></div>
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<span class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;">[1]<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class=" url"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px; cursor: auto;"><a
href="https://www.otr.im/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
cursor: pointer !important;">https://www.otr.im/</a></span><br>
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