pidgin-otr: pidgin-otr (Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging for Pidgin) pidgin-otr: pidgin-otr: Allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging pidgin-otr: when talking on Pidgin by providing: pidgin-otr: - Encryption: No one else can read your instant messages. pidgin-otr: - Authentication: You are assured the correspondent is who you pidgin-otr: think it is. pidgin-otr: - Deniability: The messages you send do not have digital pidgin-otr: signatures that are checkable by a third party. pidgin-otr: - Perfect forward secrecy: If you lose control of your private pidgin-otr: keys, no previous conversation is compromised.