Instant messenger encryption with Pidgin and Pidgin-OTR

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All major messaging applications pass data through their servers and as we already know, all service providers, including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, log this data – everything you write to your friends, family, colleagues, etc.

Continuing the series of posts on improving communication privacy, this time we learn how to encrypt our instant messenger conversations…

Making Enter type newline and Ctrl+Enter send in Pidgin

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By default, Pidgin uses Shift+Enter to jump to the new line (unlike the Ctrl+Enter in Yahoo Messenger), and this may be cumbersome when you’re used to YM or when you’re a fast typer.

Now, to change the actual behaviour of the Enter and Ctrl+Enter keystrokes, we’ll need to paste the following piece of text in the ensuing (pdigin specific) gtkrc-2.0 file …