[Pidgin] #1980: Encryption???

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#1980: Encryption???
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  Reporter:  boobear1979   |       Owner:        
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  closed
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:        
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0.2 
Resolution:  invalid       |    Keywords:        
   Pending:  0             |  
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Changes (by datallah):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid

Comment:

 This isn't really a matter of Pidgin "having encryption" or not; the
 answer to this is determined by each of the protocols used through Pidgin.

 Most protocols do some sort of obfuscation and/or encryption of
 authentication credentials and do not transmit your password as plain
 text.

 Most protocols do not encrypt conversations, I believe that SILC is the
 only protocol that Pidgin supports which provides end-to-end encryption.
 Both xmpp and IRC can support sending encrypted data to the server
 (depending on the server configuration) (but the server has access to the
 decrypted message and there is no guarantee that when it is forwarded from
 the server to the destination client that it is encrypted).

 Pidgin itself doesn't implement any non-standard encryption layer,
 however, there are plugins (pidgin-encryption and otr are the ones that
 I'm aware of) that provide end-to-end encryption on top of the standard
 protocols (of course these can only work if the person you're talking to
 has the same plugin).

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