<p>OTR is deactivated by default, and your conversations are not private.</p>
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<p>To store your OTR keys and preferences across separate working sessions, you can activate the [[<span class="guilabel">Pidgin</span> persistence feature|doc/first_steps/<i>Pidgin</i> settings across different Tails sessions, you can turn on the [[Pidgin Internet Messenger|persistenct_storage/configure/#pidgin]]. feature of the Persistent Storage.</p>
<p>To store your OTR keys and<i>Pidgin</i> settings across different Tails sessions, you can turn on the [[Pidgin Internet Messenger|persistent_storage/configure#pidgin]] feature of the Persistent Storage.</p>
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<p>In a private OTR conversation over IRC, <strong>a message sent using the <code>/me</code> command is not encrypted</strong>. The person receiving the message is notified by a warning.</p>
<p>In a private OTR conversation over IRC, a message sent using the <code>/me</code> command is not encrypted. The person receiving the message is notified by a warning.</p>