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Protecting IM From Big Brother

Posted by Zonk on from the another-mark-in-my-file dept.

holden writes "Ian Goldberg, leading security researcher, professor at the University of Waterloo, and co-creator of the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) protocol recently gave a talk on protecting your IM conversations. He discusses OTR and its importance in today's world of warrant-less wire tapping. OTR users benefit from being able to have truly private conversations over IM by using encryption to obtain authentication, deniability, and perfect forward secrecy, while working within their existing IM infrastructure. With the recent NSA wiretapping activities and increasing Big Brother presence, security and OTR are increasingly important. An avi of the talk is available by http as well as by bittorrent and a bunch of other formats."

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  1. Zonk you suck by lennyhell · · Score: -1, Troll

    Please 2 stop chocking on donkey's dongs, ok? And fuck off my internets.

  2. Here's My Big Question by th3rtythr33 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why should more people be worried about "big brother" watching them? For business purposes I can see how OTR could be very useful, but for personal use - no thanks. Please don't use it. I want the government watching you just in case you're one of the bad guys. I'll gladly give up a bit of my own privacy to make sure they don't have any.