====== Secure Chat ======

===== Incentive =====
Listen to this question and a 1-minute answer to that:
   * https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3P_0iaCgKLk#t=429

===== Android =====

==== Orbot ====
Orbot is an app for using the [[http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/05/tor-beginners-guide-nsa-browser| Tor network]] that provides anonymity via <nowiki>"</nowiki>onion routing<nowiki>"</nowiki>. (Don't try to understand the Hungarian description in the picture. It's Google translate and gibberish.)

Install Orbot.

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Start Orbot.

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If you clicked Check Browser, the app offers you two options. Don't choose any of them. Just go back to Google Play.
  
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Note the small white onion icon in the notification area.
==== ChatSecure ====
ChatSecure is a chat app that can aggregate accounts (e.g. Google, Facebook, Jabber etc), and provides secure chat using Orbot.

Install ChatSecure.

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=== Google (optional) ===
If you want to use Google Talk (Hangouts) in ChatSecure, you can add your account here with one click.

Make sure you tick the //Connect via Tor// box.

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=== Facebook (optional) ===

You can optionally add your Facebook account in ChatSecure.

Click //Add Account// on the left.

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Swipe (notice colored dot at the bottom).


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Username: annabel.tio@facebook.com

Make sure you tick the //Connect via Tor// box.

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Actually, we could use fb's network, but I presume all our messages would appear in fb's chat window as ''[encrypted message]''. It'd be fun to try though...


=== Jabber ===
To be independent from facebook (and google), please create a Jabber account. 

Click //Add Account// on the left once again.

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Swipe twice to register a new account.

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//Username// is a new username that you are creating your Jabber account with.

For //Service domain// select ''xmpp.jp''.

Make sure you tick the //Connect via Tor// box.

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My username is ''rblst'' on the ''xmpp.jp'' server.

**Note**: To be more secure, we'd need to use a self-hosted service instead of a public one like [[http://xmpp.jp|xmpp.jp]]. I might set up a server later (just for fun, anyway). 


==== Emoticons ====

Install ChatSecure Open Emoji to have emoticons in chat.

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===== Mac =====
For your Mac you can use [[https://www.adium.im/|Adium]].


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====== Technical stuff (note to self) ======

  * https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard
  * http://meta.ath0.com/2013/06/08/secure-instant-messaging-a-brief-guide/

  * https://xmpp.net/directory.php

  * http://yaxim.org/blog/2013/02/08/congratulations-xabber/

==== Self hosted ====
  * https://prosody.im/doc
  * http://lifehacker.com/the-best-self-hosted-alternatives-to-popular-services-1579866571