[OTR-users] OTR mentioned in Snowden documents?

[Mike Minor]

On Sep 6, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Paul Wouters <paul at cypherpunks.ca> wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Sep 2013, Mike Minor wrote:
> 
>> "Encrypted chat - Available with chat programs like Adium or with software added to programs like AOL Instant Messenger, providing 'end to end' encryption, in which the data cannot be decrypted at any point along the transfer (even by the messaging service)."
> 
>> If the NSA is claiming they can decrypt OTR, what possible attack vectors do the readers of this mailing list suppose could be viable targets?  Our OS? Our RNG's? Our CPU's?
> 
> I bet most people, when seeing OTR problems (like the old multi-client
> OTR wars) will disable OTR so they can talk. That's simply the only
> thing the NSA needs to do for most people. Just scramble the packets.
> 
> Paul

It appears the NSA mentions OTR in relation to mass, passive surveillance, not an active attack.