Here it is! It is limited to XMPP, and empathy has only rudimentary UI. To start an OTR session, in empathy chat window, type "/otr start". Type "/help otr" to see other supported otr actions. There is no graphical UI atm.
Notably, to authenticate the other end, you need to verify its fingerprint by other means, like IRL or phone, etc, then type "/otr trust". It remembers fingerprints you trust of course, so you won't have to repeat that for each conversation. I tested this between empathy and pidgin-otr only. Gabble: http://cgit.collabora.com/git/user/xclaesse/telepathy- gabble.git/log/?h=otr Empathy: http://cgit.collabora.com/git/user/xclaesse/empathy.git/log/?h=otr I hacked this on my free time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296867 Title: empathy needs to support OTR encryption Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Confirmed Status in One Hundred Papercuts: Invalid Status in Telepathy framework - library: Confirmed Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “libtelepathy” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed 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 manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/296867/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
