[tor-bugs] #5498 [Tor bundles/installation]: Tor IM Bundle - use decentralized system (ex: cabels or TorChat)

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#5498: Tor IM Bundle - use decentralized system (ex: cabels or TorChat)
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 Reporter:  proper                    |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
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Comment(by proper):

 Replying to [comment:3 phobos]:
 > Most of the timbb users wanted to use their existing chat networks, but
 didn't want to advertise their location to the chat provider. Or wanted to
 actually be able to chat like they used to do before their
 government/school/employer blocked chat. These are the two primary use
 cases.

 Quite a different thread model than I had in mind. Mine was more about
 activists, dissidents... But you are right, Tor also needs that kind of
 users to create loads of diversity inside the network.

 > This is not an either/or proposition. TIMBB has relevance and is still
 desired.

 Is there a roadmap or are devs still working on Pidgin-Tor?

 > If someone wants to create a decentralized timbb, more power to them.

 A centralized and a decentralized timbb could coexist?

 > It's not something we have the people nor time to work on this year.

 Tpo does not have to develop it from scratch. My proposal is to cooperate
 (review, critique, etc.) with one of the existing developers (cabels,
 torchat, jtorchat). The decentralized timbb almost exists. Only lacks a
 few details. If tpo has no time for cooperation as well, then a
 decentralized system has also no chance to become an official timbb.

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