OX (OpenPGP for XMPP): A New OpenPGP XEP

Re:OX (OpenPGP for XMPP): A New OpenPGP XEP by daturkel on Thursday January 07, 2016 @12:14PM (#10859189)

Thanks for sharing. There are some good arguments here,* particularly re: servers holding your registration info and some of the downsides of requiring servers for xmpp (though it also has some advantages—it's nice to be able to message someone not online).

*though I'm always a little anti-"pgp can't be used by normal users." If the situation requires the security that PGP provides, users can frequently be made to learn. (That being said, Glenn Greenwald couldn't be bothered to set up PGP to talk to Snowden until someone got him up to speed. [0])

[0]: https://theintercept.com/2014/10/28/smuggling-snowden-secret...

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Re:OX (OpenPGP for XMPP): A New OpenPGP XEP by legulere on Thursday January 07, 2016 @12:51PM (#10859464)

> though it also has some advantages—it's nice to be able to message someone not online

Just because you don't require servers, doesn't mean that you can't have servers optionally as a relay. Your client tell would tell the clients of your contacts to send messages to a server specified by you when they can't reach you directly. For instance the server could be run by the company behind the messaging app you're using and could send you push notifications. You could still switch the server at will without loosing your identity.

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