[OTR-users] OTR-users Digest, Vol 82, Issue 1

[Robin Hobbensiefken]

They were past encrypted messages sent using OTR in Pidgin over our Google
accounts. They still show up in our google chat logs but they're encrypted
and all start with ?OTR: and then the encrypted message.  I figured they
wouldn't be recoverable but I thought I'd ask just in case. Would have been
nice to be able to see them for personal reasons but my friend and I knew
what we were getting into when we decided to use OTR. Such is life.

Thanks for the feedback!

Robin

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 9:00 AM, <otr-users-request at lists.cypherpunks.ca>
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> From: Robin Hobbensiefken <hobben at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [OTR-users] Question about Google Chat history
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> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if there is any way to pull up the messages stored in
> google chat history using pidgin. I can see all of the OTR messages in my
> chat history but they aren't saved in Pidgin. I realize this is probably a
> pipe dream but is it possible to pull them back up somehow?
>
> Robin
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> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 15:56:19 -0400
> From: Ian Goldberg <ian at cypherpunks.ca>
> To: otr-users at lists.cypherpunks.ca
> Subject: Re: [OTR-users] Question about Google Chat history
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> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:41:45AM -0700, Robin Hobbensiefken wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was wondering if there is any way to pull up the messages stored in
> > google chat history using pidgin. I can see all of the OTR messages in my
> > chat history but they aren't saved in Pidgin. I realize this is probably
> a
> > pipe dream but is it possible to pull them back up somehow?
>
> Do you mean OTR (encrypted) messages you sent with pidgin, unencrypted
> messages you sent with pidgin, or unencrypted messages you sent with the
> normal gchat interface?
>
> (Does Google Chat even still work with XMPP/pidgin?)
>
> Past encrypted messages you sent will only be recoverable if you
> configured pidgin to log a plaintext copy (not the default behaviour for
> security reasons, but you can toggle a checkbox to log them anyway).
>
> Past unencrypted messages should be visible in the google chat interface.
>
> Or do you mean what *Google* calls "off-the-record", which is not what
> this list is about (the "Off-the-Record Messaging" encryption protocol),
> and is indeed not encrypted at all, but just isn't used to target ads to
> you, and does not show up when you view your history?
>
>    - Ian
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