Comment 21 for bug 296867

(In reply to comment #14)
> Well, yes, but name me any other existing chat encrpytion that actually works.
> There are many standards out there which are far from perfect. GIF wasnt
> perfect, but it was used. Most of the protocol standards liek MSN or AIM are
> broken by design also. But they are used and are already implemented.
>

I have no stance for and against OTR encryption and I don't know what OTR encryption is about behind the scenes. I will therefore judge only by your words.

You seem strangely interested in security... provided by (by your own words) a broken security layer? Do you really think that providing broken security, and lulling people into false sense of security is better than providing no "security" at all?

And to others. I am not a Telepathy developer... but seriously guys, flaming developers while not being ready to get yourselves on the line? If you find it useful and especially if you find it critical, do it yourself. Otherwise, feel free to keep using Pidgin until you get this critical feature, which Thilo considers broken by design.

I think there's room for other improvements before encryption, because I, and many other home users, find it unnecessary. Encryption is not important for majority of people on this world.

Take your tinfoil hats off, people, nobody's going to eat your brains. And if you really need it for your company, well, either you or your company can invest resources into Telepathy. I personally don't find OTR important, and I'm sure most users don't, either. And I don't consider myself completely paranoia-free.

If other clients provide you security, use those. Or use email+GPG for even more security. Filing a request is fine. Posting a comment supporting the request is fine. Attacking people like some of you did is not fine.