[OTR-users] encrypted file transfer

[christopher.lemire at gmail.com]

I suggest using gpg to encrypt the file whether sending it over email or IM. Did you know you can encrypt a file to text and send it as a chat message. Checkout gpg --armor in the man page. For larger files, you would need to use the jabber protocol which doesn't have a limit on the amount of text or the message splitter plugin for other protocols. But you either need to not be have an otr private session when using that other plugin because it conflicts with otr. Too bad because its a very useful plugin. Ok here are some more alternative suggestions. If the recipient of the file transfer is a non tech user, then rar,zip, or p7zip the file(s) and password protect them with a strong password. This can easily be done in gnome by right clicking a file or directory and choosing create archive and from there, choosing the type and giving it a password. Here is another alternative. Use truecrypt to create a physical volume slightly larger than the files being sent. Put the files in the volume which will encrypt them on the fly and then send that volume to the recipient. I could give even more suggestions than these, but I think this is plenty. There's my two sents. If this helped anybody, let me know. 
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