[guardian-dev] Is there security risks on developing OTR addons for web browsers ?

Frithjof sfrithjof at gmail.com
Thu Sep 26 05:37:32 EDT 2013


If you want to work on secure IM in a browser you might be interested in

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/sponsors/Otter/Attentive

Otter Attentive is an upcomming sponsered project of the Tor project "to
add secure instant-messaging to the Tor browser bundle".

Best,
Frithjof


On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Mohamed Akram Tabka <tabkram at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Hi all,
> I'm thinking about developping an OTR addon for handling OTR
> discussions on web browsers. Is it really secure ?
> Does really browser extensions for crypto operations pose threats to
> users security?
>
> If it is not recommended to develop crypto addons for browsers please
> tell me.
>
> All bests,
> A.
>
> - --
> Mohamed Akram Tabka
> Tech intern at Access | AccessNow.org
> Student at the National School of Computer Sciences
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