[OTR-users] The effectiveness of deniability

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On Fri 2013-11-29 12:59:56 -0500, Ximin Luo wrote:
> On 29/11/13 16:55, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
>>   https://www.calyxinstitute.org/events/multiparty-otr-and-deniability
>
> Unfortunately I'm nowhere nearby, but would be interested in any materials you guys might release afterwards!

Here's my writeup of the meeting:

  https://www.debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/104

Comments and feedback welcome.

From my writeup:

>>> My takeaway from the discussion is that the legal utility of OTR's
>>> deniability is non-zero, but quite low; and that development energy
>>> focused on deniability is probably only justified if there are very
>>> few costs associated with it.

Ximin wrote:
> I am hesitating even bringing it up in the next cryptoparty session I
> will do, because compared to the other properties, it's quite shaky,
> and might just confuse the audience when I talk about the many caveats
> like the ones above.

Yep, i understand where you're coming from on this.

     --dkg
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