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 …