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    <label for="toggle_1"><h3>How is this application secure?</h3></label>
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      <p>CoyIM is a standalone chat client with a focus on safety and security. It has built-in support for Tor, OTR and TLS. The Tor support allows users to become anonymous when chatting, OTR makes end-to-end encryption of communication possible, and TLS adds another layer of encryption for communication with chat servers. These features are core parts of the application: they are not plugins or extras in any way.</p>
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    <label for="toggle_2"><h3>Why is this better than other apps?</h3></label>
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      <p>CoyIM is safe from the moment you start it up. You can simply start using the application and you will not have to configure anything extra to get all the protection we can give you. In some cases you can turn off the safe defaults if required.</p>
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    <label for="toggle_3"><h3>I want to learn more about how it works. Where can I go?</h3></label>
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      <p>Here are some useful resources to learn about what CoyIm uses:</p>
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        <li><a href="https://otr.im">OTR</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security">TLS</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor Project</a></li>
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      <p>Here are some useful resources to learn more about security:</p>
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        <li><a href="https://securityinabox.org/en">security in-a-box<a/></li>
        <li><a href="https://www.eff.org/">EFF</a></li>
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    <label for="toggle_4"><h3>What does it mean 'not yet audited'?</h3></label>
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      <p>'Not yet audited' means that CoyIm is still under active development. There have been no security audits of the code, and you should not currently use this for anything sensitive.</p>
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    <label for="toggle_5"><h3>Does Tor have to be running in order to use CoyIM?</h3></label>
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      <p>Not necessarily. You can run CoyIM without Tor by removing the <strong>tor-auto</strong> proxy from the connection settings. Nevertheless, it is recommended to use CoyIM with Tor.</p>
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