Re:Encryption (Score 2, Interesting)

It's not just about encryption, it's about privacy too. Do you want instant messaging to be used as evidence against you in the future? The reason it is called OTR is because it really is off the record. Recording of conversations is not evidence that a conversation ever occurred, since it purposely lets anyone forge messages after the conversation is over. If the person you were talking to decides to record everything you say to them, it doesn't matter, since you can easily show that what you said could have been forged. In fact, tools are created specifically for this purpose.