otr

'Off The Record' encryption seems mostly dead to me. But this is what I did, back in the day...

Install libotr-dev or libotr5-dev or whatever..

1sudo apt -y install lib5otr-dev

Make your otr keys.

1/otr gen

Then you can start an otr converstation.

1/otr start bob@jobbies.org

Or if you already have a conversation …

Setup (Commands)

Sign up to an account somewhere.

1/connect bob@bobserver.org

Check if someone wants to be your friend:

1/sub received

Accept a friend's subscription request:

1/sub add alice@aliceserver.org

Join a room:

1/join room1@bobserver.org

Save your configuration so you don't have to do this again:

1/save

Check …

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1wgetpaste -s bpaste script.sh

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