what to install on a secure communication device

Damian Gerow dgerow at afflictions.org
Mon Sep 2 08:07:22 PDT 2013


Ted Smith wrote:
> > Pidgin/OTR
> 
> OTR is good, but libpurple is a "rat's nest of zero days" according to
> many (notably Jacob Applebaum), so I think I'd avoid it. Not sure what's
> better though. Maybe irssi+otr?

libpurple may be a "rat's nest of zero days", but irssi+otr is a nightmare
to get working properly.  I've given up on it, and I've started using
mcabber+otr instead.

bitlbee+otr might be a better choice, and might provide the same network
access as libpurple, with irssi as the interface.  However, I can't comment
as to the usability of such a configuration.



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