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💖 NAME 💖

/otr — the Profanity /otr command, bestie 💅

okay so real quick, this page is man(1) from the Profanity XMPP client — yes the header says man(1) and yes we're all just living in it 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Off The Record (OTR) commands to manage keys, and perform OTR encryption during chat sessions. 🔐

So like… /otr is your whole little key-management + encryption control panel for your chats. Keys? Managed. OTR encryption mid-session? Handled. You're welcome. 😌

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

/otr libver
/otr gen
/otr myfp|theirfp
/otr start [<contact>]
/otr end
/otr trust|untrust
/otr secret <secret>
/otr question <question> <answer>
/otr answer <answer>
/otr policy manual|opportunistic|always [<contact>]
/otr log on|off|redact
/otr char <char>
/otr sendfile on|off

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • libver — show which version of the libotr library is being used. version check vibes ✨
  • gen — generate your private key. 🔑 your main character key moment, no cap
  • myfp — show your fingerprint. 💅
  • theirfp — show the contact's fingerprint. 🕵️
  • start [<contact>] — start an OTR session with contact, or with the current recipient if you leave it off entirely. 🚀
  • end — end the current OTR session. bye bestie 👋
  • trust|untrust — indicate whether or not you trust the contact's fingerprint. 🫶 (or 🙈 if not)
  • secret <secret> — verify a contact's identity using a shared secret. 🤫
  • question <question> <answer> — verify a contact's identity using a question and expected answer. ❓
  • answer <answer> — respond to a question answer verification request with your answer. 📝
  • policy manual — set the global OTR policy to manual, OTR sessions must be started manually. ✋
  • policy manual <contact> — set the OTR policy to manual for a specific contact. ✋👤
  • policy opportunistic — set the global OTR policy to opportunistic, an OTR session will be attempted upon starting a conversation. 👀
  • policy opportunistic <contact> — set the OTR policy to opportunistic for a specific contact. 👀👤
  • policy always — set the global OTR policy to always, an error will be displayed if an OTR session cannot be initiated upon starting a conversation. ⚠️
  • policy always <contact> — set the OTR policy to always for a specific contact. ⚠️👤
  • log on|off — enable or disable plaintext logging of OTR encrypted messages. 📖
  • log redact — log OTR encrypted messages, but replace the contents with [redacted]. 🕶️ iconic behaviour tbh
  • char <char> — set the character to be displayed next to OTR encrypted messages. 🎀
  • sendfile on|off — allow /sendfile to send unencrypted files while in an OTR session. 📎
heads up bestie — that sendfile one is literally about sending unencrypted files during an OTR session. read it twice, fr fr. 👀

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

/otr log off
/otr policy manual
/otr policy opportunistic odin@valhalla.edda
/otr gen
/otr start odin@valhalla.edda
/otr myfp
/otr theirfp
/otr question "What is the name of my rabbit?" fiffi
/otr end
/otr char *

and that's the whole page, periodt 💜 this was Profanity XMPP client version 0.18.2, dated 2026-06-08 — slay, go encrypt something 🔥👑

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