[OTR-users] Encrypted File Transfer

[Jurre van Bergen]

On 03/26/2014 03:01 PM, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
> On 03/26/2014 05:14 AM, Jurre van Bergen wrote:
>> On 03/26/2014 02:27 AM, Ben Silberstein wrote:
>>>> If I send a file in Pidgin using  XMPP while OTR is engaged in an
>>>> encrypted session is that communication encrypted as well?
>> No, it will simply be send over XMPP without an OTR layer.
> I sure wish we could get more adoption for either our OTRDATA spec
> (https://dev.guardianproject.info/projects/gibberbot/wiki/OTRDATA_Specifications)
> or Crypto.cat's proposal for
> https://github.com/cryptocat/cryptocat/wiki/OTR-Encrypted-File-Transfer-Specification
>
> Is it possible for the libotr plugin to intercept file transfer activity
> in Pidgin or Instabird?

I feel like nobody should ever develop anything for Pidgin ever again,
it's such an horrible piece of software. The crypto can be so strong but
you will get owned with any of the 1000+ 0days in it. I'm not sure about
Instantbird. I would love to know as well.

Jurre

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