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Pain point · Permissions & security · Blocks work

OTR encryption breaks easily with an open fix pending for months

3 source threads · first seen 2017-07 · last seen 2021-01

Summary

A user who wants on-premises chat with OTR-style end-to-end encryption says Rocket.Chat's OTR breaks easily and a related pull request has sat open for months.

Affects
user needing end-to-end encryption

Evidence

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“When I start an Off-the-Record conversation, I've got a Timeout error”

“RocketChat - OTR breaks very easily”

“When uploading an image or a file in a OTR session, those uploads are not displayed”

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