[ale] OT fyi CryptoCat allows instant easy encrypted chat

[Pete Hardie]

I've seen some stuff on the net claiming that cryptocat is not as secure as
it claims - YMMV

Pete Hardie
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On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> https://crypto.cat/
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> https://blog.crypto.cat/
>
> 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.
>
> Here's the link to the Firefox plugin.
>
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-**US/firefox/user/kaepora/<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/kaepora/>
>
> It also works on Chrome, Safari, and Mac.  I guess my IE friends and
> family are out of luck.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
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