<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I've seen some stuff on the net claiming that cryptocat is not as secure as it claims - YMMV<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br clear="all"><div>Pete Hardie<br>--------<br>Better Living Through Bitmaps</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com" target="_blank">atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
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I wanted to pass along some info about a way to instantly set up an encrypted chat session. I thought this had been on the list before, but I searched my email archive and couldn't find it in the ALE folder. So, please forgive if this has already been mentioned. Maybe I was on another list when it was mentioned.<br>
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Anyway, CryptoCat is a project that allows you to set up private encrypted peer to peer and group chats almost instantly. It's very quick and easy to use after installing the browser plugin.<br>
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<a href="https://crypto.cat/" target="_blank">https://crypto.cat/</a><br>
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It's still a work in progress, so you would have to read the docs on the site and determine how much faith you want to put in it.<br>
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There was a weakness in prior versions from 2.0 - 2.0.42 which weakened the group chat. Private chats were not affected. The blog suggests upgrading to 2.1.* where the problems have been fixed. Apparently there was a weakness in the random number generator.<br>
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<a href="https://blog.crypto.cat/" target="_blank">https://blog.crypto.cat/</a><br>
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Some people on the DC-404 list recommended not using this for anything too sensitive, and I certainly wouldn't bet my life on it. However, I would use it if I just wanted to do a quick chat that I didn't want snooped on and needed moderate security. I have used it once after someone I was communicating with suggested skype and I mentioned misgivings about that. The process was very painless and we were chatting to each other within 5 minutes after I got the link from him.<br>
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Here's the link to the Firefox plugin.<br>
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<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/kaepora/" target="_blank">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-<u></u>US/firefox/user/kaepora/</a><br>
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It also works on Chrome, Safari, and Mac. I guess my IE friends and family are out of luck.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Ron<br>
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