Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
you should see that the encryption indicator on the blue top bar next
to your friend's name has changed from
[untrusted]
to
[trusted]
.
° Shared secret: This method allows you to verify the identity of your
friend with a password that you two have agreed upon outside of
chat. For example:
> /otr secret squirrel
Your friend will be prompted to provide a secret using the same
command, and if it matches you should see that the encryption
indicator on the blue top bar next to your friend's name has changed
from [
untrusted
] to [
trusted
].
4.
Once you've established an encrypted, trusted conversation with your
friend, you may want to ensure that any future conversations with that
friend are always OTR enabled. We do this by changing the OTR policy
with the following command:
/otr policy always "Your Friend"
OTR encrypted conversation taking place over Facebook chat
