Hi, adrelanos wrote (11 Oct 2012 17:16:44 GMT) : > I am concerned about the many [1] protocols Pidgin supports.
Thanks for caring about this. > Did you check, what kind of "innovative" features the other protocols > have? I didn't check, but could imagine they include something similar > like CTCP, dishonor proxy settings for file transfer, or send your IP > somewhere. (STUN) I don't think we've checked. Help is welcome :) > Pidgin also contains STUN [4], a nice feature for clearnet use, but is > it safe in Tails? I don't think we have researched this. Is it enabled? Is it easy to disable? (BTW, link [4] is missing in your email.) > Many of the protocols are proprietary. I find their so called > "privacy policy" [2] and aup [3] highly questionable. I doubt Tails should allow or filter access to remote content or services depending on the remote side's privacy policies and practices. > Is support for AIM/ICQ/MSN/[...] important? It's fine for circumvention, > if users want to chat with their existing list. I think it's important to allow users to move part or all of their computer activities to Tails, while keeping their existing communication channels, at least to start with. I think it's important to educate Internet users to use better (privacy-wise) protocols, but it's not exactly part of the Tails mission. I'm happy that other projects do the education part of the work. > But people looking for privacy, why should they sign up for > AIM/ICQ/MSN/[...]? It's sad, that AIM is on the top of the > protocol list. I'm not sure what you mean here. Do you think people who want to create their first IM account would choose the first in the Pidgin protocols list? I believe most of them would choose what their friends use. Cheers! -- intrigeri | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev
