Chat on Tails

You're watching Infosec Bytes, a crash course in information security for journalists. We're based at the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London and supported by the Logan Foundation.

This is a tutorial on how to do encrypted chat on the Tails operating system, using Pidgin and OTR.

Make sure to watch our video, Introduction to Tails, to find out more:    • Introduction to Tails  

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To find out more about software vulnerabilities in Pidgin, follow these links:
https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/repl...
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/ta...

To find out how to create a strong password, click here: https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/creatin...

To read how to set up a jabber account over a Tor Hidden Service, read this article: https://www.calyxinstitute.org/educat...

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Animations by Jose Passarelli

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Infosec Bytes would not have been possible without invaluable criticism and feedback from reviewers:

Marie Gutbub
Information Security Trainer/Journalist
https://shiromarieke.github.io/

Jens Kubieziel
Security Researcher
https://kubieziel.de/blog/

Fabio Natali
Software Developer/Information Security Trainer
https://fabionatali.com/

Christian Vandrei
Privacy Activist

Dr. Richard Tynan
Technologist
  / richietynan  

Daniel Anti-Freeze
Information Security Trainer
  / _anti_freeze_  


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