[OTR-dev] empathy bounty

[Alex]

On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:35:52 -0400 (EDT)
Paul Wouters <paul at cypherpunks.ca> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013, Ian Goldberg wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 06:26:31PM +0200, Max wrote:
> >> Hi all.
> >>
> >> Out of curiosity - are you guys aware of
> >> http://freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/333/telepathy-should-support-otr-encryption ?
> >>
> >> Just wonder if someone would like to have 400+ bucks :)
> >
> > But see also
> > http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2009-September/001710.html
> 
> See also
> 
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Empathy/FAQ#Will_Empathy_have_OTR_.28.22Off_The_Record.22.29_support.3F
> 
> Which seems naively outdated in todays world where spy agencies
> compete for our plaintext traffic.
> 
> Paul

How hard would it be for them to just make OTR a Jabber protocol
extension?

-- 
Alex