I've been trying to come up with a catchy name for any messaging client that is open-source, supports open protocols, is routed over Tor easily/default, and that employs an openly published/standard Off-the-Record encryption system (meaning perfect-forward secrecy with no plain-text logging like OTR or OMEMO). This would include Tor Messenger, Conversations, Xabber, Jitsi (maybe), ChatSecure and our forthcoming Zom remix/update of ChatSecure.
Thus I came up with the basic combination of "Open", "Onion" and "Off-the-record", as the three important aspects to teach, consider, evangelize for messaging apps. Taking that forward the molecule that has three Oxygen "O" atoms in it is Ozone. Ozone is a trioxidane, and "the ozone layer (a portion of the stratosphere with a higher concentration of ozone, from two to eight ppm) is beneficial, preventing damaging ultraviolet light from reaching the Earth's surface, to the benefit of both plants and animals." I think people understand that the "Ozone Layer" is a helpful thing that protects us, even if we don't totally understand what it is or how it works. Perhaps, calling it Ozone, is too clever, but just using the phrase "Open, Onion and Off-the-Record" is an easy meme that could stick? +n -- Nathan of Guardian [email protected] _______________________________________________ tor-teachers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-teachers -- Nathan of Guardian [email protected] _______________________________________________ List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev To unsubscribe, email: [email protected]
