It also has an active and vibrant software developer community that has been very responsive and understanding of our needs. Instantbird was the pragmatic choice - its transport protocols are written in a memory-safe language (JavaScript) it has a graphical user interface and already supports many natural languages and it's a XUL application, which means we can leverage both the code (Tor Launcher) and in-house expertise that the Tor Project has developed working on Tor Browser with Firefox. These attributes are important if you’re trying to avoid censorship or observation for any reason and Tor Messenger is an enhancement of Instabird, one of the most sophisticated instant messaging clients, which was developed by the Mozilla community. Perfect forward secrecy / If you lose control of your private keys, no previous conversation is compromised. However, during a conversation, your correspondent is assured the messages he sees are authentic and unmodified. Anyone can forge messages after a conversation to make them look like they came from you. Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging by providing:Įncryption / No one else can read your instant messages.Īuthentication / You are assured the correspondent is who you think it is.ĭeniability / The messages you send do not have digital signatures that are checkable by a third party.
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