http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/ten_musthave_plugins_to_power_up_pidgin-2/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:46:07 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/ten_musthave_plugins_to_power_up_pidgin-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4832 Carl Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:05:27 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/02/15/ten_musthave_plugins_to_power_up_pidgin-2.html#comment-4832 <p>Is there a way to have your Pidgin status set to "away" automatically if you lock your PC or the screen saver comes on?</p> Is there a way to have your Pidgin status set to “away” automatically if you lock your PC or the screen saver comes on?

]]> http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/ten_musthave_plugins_to_power_up_pidgin-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4831 cl Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:39:55 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/02/15/ten_musthave_plugins_to_power_up_pidgin-2.html#comment-4831 <p>Even the Pidgin folks recommend you use Pidgin-OTR, not pidgin-encrypt. OTR includes one time pads and key verification features, so it's not only encrypted over the wire, but even if your machine is exposed down the line, the key cannot be used to decrypt past conversations. You have security, repudiation, AND verification in one tool (you share a phrase with your friend via some other, presumably secure method to identify him via otr)</p> Even the Pidgin folks recommend you use Pidgin-OTR, not pidgin-encrypt. OTR includes one time pads and key verification features, so it’s not only encrypted over the wire, but even if your machine is exposed down the line, the key cannot be used to decrypt past conversations. You have security, repudiation, AND verification in one tool (you share a phrase with your friend via some other, presumably secure method to identify him via otr)

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