I think people are trying provoke a post-Snowden comment from the devs or Ubuntu.
This uncomfortable discussion has an important social role in establishing or restoring or writing off credibility. Pre-Snowden the official position seemed incredible, but potentially honestly held. It may even have been part of the Ubuntus baffling but consistent long term strategy of replacing working software with half finished software. But post-Snowden we see an opportunity to discover if they are accidental helps or wilful supporters of the evil empire. Thus are reputations forged. Sam On 28 Apr 2014 20:15, "Chris Kerr" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not complaining about people who spend time auditing security > software and finding these bugs making their discoveries known - even if > they are less than polite while doing so. (I myself am taking maximum > advantage of the opportunity to poke fun at ridiculous or borderline > fraudulent statements I've spotted during my literature review - it's > one of the few redeeming features of writing a PhD thesis.) They are > just as crucial as and even less appreciated than the developers. > Certainly if I get round to writing this code it will need their > attention. > > What I don't like are people who do nothing except repeat something we > already know ("This software doesn't do X. People want it to do X.") but > louder and more rudely. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296867 > > Title: > empathy needs to support OTR encryption > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/296867/+subscriptions > -- 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 : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
