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I'd like to have an anonymous conversation

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{{Scenario Task
|Scenario Task Format=ScenarioSolution
|Scenario Task Parent=Online Conversations
|Scenario Task Type=Profiling your identity and actions
|Scenario Tools and Services=Ricochet IM, Tor Messenger, Pidgin Adium, Bleep|Scenario Task Description=An In order to have an anonymous conversation means that the real IP addresses of the conversing parties is hidden, as explained in the [[Identity or Location]] section. Similar methods apply you need to online conversations - connect to the network anonymously or via a service that protects your identity to enable anonymity. In general, what you have to look for is a tool or a service that hides your IP address, as explained in the [[Identity or Location]] section.  * [https://ricochet.im/ Ricochet] client is a peer-to-peer messaging app that creates a [https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services.html.en Tor Hidden Service] to enable anonymity for the conversing parties. "Instead of a username, you get a unique address that looks like ricochet:rs7ce36jsj24ogfw. Other Ricochet users can use this address to send a contact request." *[https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-messenger-beta-chat-over-tor-easily Tor Messenger] is a new tool that has been just released to the public by the Tor project team. Quoting from Tor Project's blog, it is a "cross-platform chat program that aims to be secure by default and sends all of its traffic over Tor. It supports a wide variety of transport networks, including Jabber (XMPP), IRC, Google Talk, Facebook Chat, Twitter, Yahoo, and others; enables Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging automatically; and has an easy-to-use graphical user interface localized into multiple languages."*[http://www.bleep.pm/ Bleep Messengeer] messenger is built on top of BitTorrent, a file sharing peer-to-peer to infrastructure. There is no central server and connections between conversing parties are made directly, with content encrypted between the parties. It is not in , strictly speaking, anonymous relying as it relies on the protocol IP addresses to route a connection through other BitTorrent users.*If you want to keep your current chat address and existing contact lists whilst adding anonymity properties to your conversations, install the [https://help.riseup.net/ca/chat/clients/pidgin#tor-with-pidgin-configuration Pidgin or Adium chat clients] and configure them to work over the Tor network. This approach is explained in detail in [https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/14/communicating-secret-watched/ Chatting in secret while we're being watched] , an article from the by Micah Lee published in The Intercept. In addition, please you should read [[I want to know about secure chat]] and ensure that your recipients have performed the same steps.
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