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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. The real problem is U.S. government corruption. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Quote: "With the recent NSA wiretapping activities and increasing Big Brother presence, security and OTR are increasingly important."

    The real problem is U.S. government corruption. See this example from Cooperative Research, a complete 911 Timeline of 3962 events: U.S. Government corruption TimeLines.

    The government should serve the people, not spy on them.

  2. HR 1955 by CranberryKing · · Score: 5, Informative

    If this bill passes, you won't be able to use OTR without being carted off. Call your senator and tell them to vote NO.