> Hi!
>
> (Please don't top-post).
>
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 04:07:05PM +0000, M wrote:
>
>> The pidgin also has an OTR addon, so the point is also privacy along with
>> anonymity, and one or the other or both will be compromised in case the usb
>> is lost, discovered, left in someones device, etc...
>>
>
> Right. W/o OTR or something like that, you might have anonymity, but at
> the prize of being more easily attacked at malicious exit nodes.
>
>
>> Anyways, yes, i can turn it off, but the hundreds of others may not explore
>> the settings, or they may not even understand them.
>> I fell the settings should be changed so that it does not log by default.
>>
>
> But even then, people really *needing* privacy must think for themselves
> anyway. Other default settings may still not be taken as a sign that things
> are already safe. And one must always be very conscious about one's
> behavior. What does turning logging off help if one conveys information
> about one's identity in the *content* of conversations, for example?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Hannah.
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