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InvisibleCelestial Traveler
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PGP Encryption vs OTR (Off-The-Radar)
    #19107780 - 11/08/13 09:01 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Which of the two is a better form of encryption?  Is one of the methods better suited for certain situations while the other method is better for other situations?


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Re: PGP Encryption vs OTR (Off-The-Radar) [Re: Celestial Traveler]
    #19111010 - 11/09/13 04:12 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

OTR actually stands for Off-The-Record, and it really depends what you're doing.

If your emailing someone, encrypt the messages with PGP. However if you're using a chat client such as Pidgin, I would always use OTR, and if you feel like it's really needed, encrypt the individual messages with PGP before sending them through your chat client. Although looking at the way OTR works, combining it with PGP could potentially negate some of it's security features, but I don't know this for sure.


TL;DR:

If you're emailing someone, use PGP.
If your in an IM chat session with someone, always use OTR.


Notes:

It's not limited to this though, what about the IP you're using for your email, or chat session, etc.... You could have all the text encryption in the world, but if you're connecting to the chat server from your real IP, well game over :rofl:


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