Open Bug 1733584 Opened 4 years ago Updated 4 years ago

[Thunderbird Telemetry] Add a telemetry probe for OTR usage

Categories

(Chat Core :: Security: OTR, task)

Product:
Chat Core
Component:
Security: OTR
Type:
task

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(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: freaktechnik, Unassigned)

Details

We should have a probe that tells us if OTR is actively used. I'm not quite sure how to best detect it with a minimal amount of information being sent. I think the most neutral would be to report the amount of IM accounts that have OTR encrypted conversations.

(In reply to Martin Giger [:freaktechnik] from comment #0)

report the amount of IM accounts that have OTR encrypted conversations.

Can you please explain how you suggest to measure this?
OTR doesn't require an active configuration.

We could look at "received OTR" messages, and ignore sent messages. If someone receives an OTR message, that doesn't mean the user ever actively sent an OTR message - which is good, because it still allows the user to plausibly deny the active use (sending) of OTR messages.

I think we shouldn't count the amount of messages. Maybe check the number of days on which at least on OTR message was received?

Summary: Add a telemetry probe for OTR usage → [Thunderbird Telemetry] Add a telemetry probe for OTR usage
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