Empathy

Bug #296867
Comment #62

Comment 62 for bug 296867

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Ronald Pottol (ronaldpottol) wrote on 2010-03-29: Re: [Bug 296867] Re: empathy needs to support OTR encryption

#62

As I recall, Empathy feels the world should be fixed. This would be
nice, but it is a long ways off. So, yes, they have switched the
default IM to empathy, which has no real plans to support encryption
in the foreseeable future (xmmp crypto someday?), but Pidgin/OTR will
remain installable. Of course, soon enough, video/audio will be
working in Pidgin.

Arg,
Ron

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:23 PM, avallark <email address hidden> wrote:
> Its ridiculous how this bug has been set to wont fix :))
>
> Does empathy support any other form of encryption? I understand this
> could be challenging when you need to support audio and video, but guys,
> challenging doesnt mean you have to run away from it.
>
> OTR or some sort of encryption at the client side is a must. switching
> to pidgin temporarily. :)
>
> --
> empathy needs to support OTR encryption
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296867
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: New
> Status in Telepathy framework - library: Confirmed
> Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in “libtelepathy” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “empathy” package in Fedora: Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: empathy
>
> Hello,
> I just tried empathy (the Intrepid version) and it looked very solid and stable. There were a few minor things that could be improved (e.g. automatically resizing the contact list), but that is not the topic here.
> The reason why I won't switch to empathy from pidgin is the missing OTR support (http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ ). This is a really important feature because no one should read your messages.
> There were others with the same idea (links at the bottom).
> Would be so great if it could support that important encryption standard.
> Thanks for helping out!
>
> Links:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/253452/comments/2
> http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2008-September/001479.html
> http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16891
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/296867/+subscribe
>

--
Plato seems wrong to me today.

Arg,
Ron

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:23 PM, avallark <abdulbijur@gmail.com> wrote:
> Its ridiculous how this bug has been set to wont fix :))
>
> Does empathy support any other form of encryption? I understand this
> could be challenging when you need to support audio and video, but guys,
> challenging doesnt mean you have to run away from it.
>
> OTR or some sort of encryption at the client side is a must. switching
> to pidgin temporarily. :)
>
> --
> empathy needs to support OTR encryption
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296867
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: New
> Status in Telepathy framework - library: Confirmed
> Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in “libtelepathy” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “empathy” package in Fedora: Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: empathy
>
> Hello,
> I just tried empathy (the Intrepid version) and it looked very solid and stable. There were a few minor things that could be improved (e.g. automatically resizing the contact list), but that is not the topic here.
> The reason why I won't switch to empathy from pidgin is the missing OTR support (http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ ). This is a really important feature because no one should read your messages.
> There were others with the same idea (links at the bottom).
> Would be so great if it could support that important encryption standard.
> Thanks for helping out!
>
> Links:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/253452/comments/2
> http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2008-September/001479.html
> http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16891
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/296867/+subscribe
>

-- 
Plato seems wrong to me today.