Keep Your IM Conversations Private With Off-the-Record

There may be times when you dont want the man knowing what your IM conversations are.

Today we look at an Instant Messenger plugin that will keep your conversations completely private.

Off-the-Record is a great plugin to keep your conversations private.

For it to work both parties need to have the plugin installed.

It works by encrypting your conversations so no one can read the IMs.

The messages you sent dont include digital signatures that can be checked by third parties.

Now scroll down the plugin list and select Off-the-Record Messaging and click Configure Plugin.

Now youll need to generate a key and select other options.

For instance you might not want to log OTR conversations for added privacy.

If the authentication doesnt match, youll receive a message indicating so.

Also, uninstalling it was bit quirky but that doesnt make it a deal breaker.