[tor-talk] OTR and logging

[Michael McConville]

grarpamp wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Michael McConville
> <mmcconv1 at sccs.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
> > Tor Messenger *definitely* shouldn't log by default. This defeats
> > much of the purpose of private chat, and many people back up
> > unencrypted to the cloud. I think the OTR people specifically
> > suggest that you don't log.
> 
> You're a fool if you think your "private chat" isn't loggable or being
> logged just because whatever app you're using doesn't have a logging /
> recording button. Fix your belief... regardless of whether or not the
> button exists. That's all I'm saying.

What? Obviously I don't think it's theoretically unloggable. But
silently, automatically saving plaintext to a user's storage is inane.