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

[Frithjof]

Also relevant: announcement of the Kickoff Meeting times

https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-September/005512.html


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Frithjof <sfrithjof at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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