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#1 2014-03-07 19:13:07
- Aestus
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- Registered: 2013-07-18
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Is Empathy Chat with Gtalk / Facebook secure?
Hello, I can't figure out how to verify that Empathy is using tls/ssl to connect to Facebook and Google. There is no option for it in the Empathy preferences, no obvious config files, no explanation in the man pages, the Telepathy wiki seems to have disappeared, dconf has no security settings, and Gtalk is using port 5222, which I've read is for plaintext connections. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd be grateful. Thanks everyone.
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#2 2014-03-09 02:18:00
- Rhubarb
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Re: Is Empathy Chat with Gtalk / Facebook secure?
You could try running a packet sniffing tool like wireshark to find out.
Start capturing just before you send an instant message to gtalk / facebook, then stop capturing just after, and you should have captured the packets.
Have a look at them and it'll be obvious if they're encrypted or not.
Work smart, not hard.
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