[OTR-users] Facebook blocking OTR

[Peter Saint-Andre]

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On 4/14/12 4:45 AM, ix4svs at gmail.com wrote:
> On 12 April 2012 20:19, Ananda Samaddar <asamaddar at myopera.com>
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:33:44 -0400 Nathan of Guardian
>> <nathan at guardianproject.info> wrote:
>> 
>>> Just to be clear, you need the person on the other end to also
>>> be using Pidgin, Adium, Gibberbot, ChatSecure, etc, or some
>>> other OTR enabled app.
>>> 
>>> I've used OTR extensively on Facebook, so I don't think they
>>> are blocking it, and if so, it would be a pretty big deal.
>>> 
>>> +n
>> 
>> Yes I know.  I'm more than willing to give someone my Facebook
>> url off list if they want to try and get it going.  I don't think
>> Facebook blocking OTR would be a big deal.  Most people wouldn't
>> know or care. They already block Piratebay links (as does MSN
>> messenger).
> 
> I'm willing to investigate this further - if there's anyone on the 
> list willing to use their FB account to try to establish an OTR 
> private session with me, let me know off-list.
> 
> FB blocking OTR would be an important fact, if established: "no 
> reasonable expectation of privacy" and "enforced surveillance" are
> two quite different cups of tea.

Before folks here get all paranoid, please understand that Facebook
Chat uses XMPP but their implementation is *seriously* incomplete. It
would not surprise me if their server code is so broken that it's
failing to deliver certain kinds of messages out of sheer incompetence.

And really, if you care about privacy, why are you using Facebook anyway?

In any case, I don't have a Facebook account I can help test with.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
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