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Originally posted by Shiroi
are using message encryption (in this case OTR Messaging) why not MP!L?
Because Plus! can not do it. Messenger Plus! is not an IM-client.
There is no way to know who uses the Plus! addon or not, because of privacy reasons. And even if there would be such a system, you would be able to disable it. In other words, besides that it can't be done in Plus! (you don't know who has Plus! and would be able to read the encryption), it would also be useless (because even if they have Plus!, it can be disabled).
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Originally posted by Shiroi
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the military must know the encryption/decryption methods being used so that they can decrypt it and monitor it!
This is not correct. Like OTR everybody can look how the encryption is working but as long they don't have your privacy key they can't decrypt your message (well they can but I think they won't life long enough to see the result as it might take.. "a few years" ... ) And as OTR is using only temporary keys nobody will be able to decrypt closed conversations (PFS).
this isn't about being correct or not. I did not say that as a fact. I said it is possible that they have the right to know the encryption method/keys/whatever needed to be able to monitor messages, by law.
This is nothing new and happens already with other things. So you would be able to hide your stuff from your family, snooping brother, admin, ISP, etc. But you may not/can not hide it from the government.
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