[OTR-users] Abiliy to check if Bob is logging the conversation

[Riptide Tempora]

Personally, I think it's easier to just assume everyone is logging
everything unless you *certainly* know otherwise.

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Ian Goldberg <ian at cypherpunks.ca> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 01:28:20PM +0100, Theodore wrote:
> > 1. Can OTR currently show if the other party is logging the conversation
> ?
> > 2. Could this be considered for future versions ?
> >
> > This way we would eliminate any "accidental logging" (using same accont
> for
> > your GF and for groups about police brutality can do that, first hand
> > experience here) and increase security when talking to not-yet-trusted
> > parties.
>
> There's unfortunately no secure way to do this.  The other party can
> always tweak his/her software to lie.  And if it's not secure, I
> wouldn't want to display a possibly false fact to the user.  (At best we
> could say something like, "Bob claims not to be logging this
> conversation.", but that's really clunky.)
>
>    - Ian
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