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This is the OTR plugin for Pidgin.
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Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging allows you to have private
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conversations over instant messaging by providing:
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Encryption
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No one else can read your instant messages.
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Authentication
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You are assured the correspondent is who you think it is.
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Deniability
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The messages you send do not have digital signatures that are
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checkable by a third party. Anyone can forge messages after a
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conversation to make them look like they came from you. However,
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during a conversation, your correspondent is assured the messages
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he sees are authentic and unmodified.
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Perfect forward secrecy
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If you lose control of your private keys, no previous conversation
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is compromised.
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