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 If you want a shorter more memorable ID, be sure to read and understand the [[users:sharing_ids|WARNING]]. If you want a shorter more memorable ID, be sure to read and understand the [[users:sharing_ids|WARNING]].
  
-There are various possibilities like [[users:toxdns|ToxDNS]] which make the contact easier - unfortunately at the unavoidable price of lost protection. Even if you decide to trust the service owner, you still access highly unreliable data supplied by third parties. You may call a contact via a name service and recognize his/her face on the screen but you will __not__ know whether someone else is participating in your conversation behind the scenes. In other words, you lose the confidentiality which Tox otherwise offers.+There are various possibilities like ToxMe which make the contact easier - unfortunately at the unavoidable price of lost protection. Even if you decide to trust the service owner, you still access highly unreliable data supplied by third parties. You may call a contact via a name service and recognize his/her face on the screen but you will __not__ know whether someone else is participating in your conversation behind the scenes. In other words, you lose the confidentiality which Tox otherwise offers.
  
 The same applies to sharing/getting the Tox IDs via mail or web pages (https is somewhat better). If you want to embed a link to your Tox ID on a web page or in your email signature, check out [[users:toxlinks| Tox: URIs]]. Go [[users:sharing_ids|here]] for more general information on sharing ID's. The same applies to sharing/getting the Tox IDs via mail or web pages (https is somewhat better). If you want to embed a link to your Tox ID on a web page or in your email signature, check out [[users:toxlinks| Tox: URIs]]. Go [[users:sharing_ids|here]] for more general information on sharing ID's.
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 ==== Does Tox have plugin support? ==== ==== Does Tox have plugin support? ====
-Currently Tox does not support plugins, though this feature may be added later on. +Currently, the only Tox client that supports plugins is [[clients:toxygen|Toxygen]]. However, Toxygen is not as well-maintained as the popular clients, and its development is currently stalled.
 ==== Does Tox leak my IP address? ==== ==== Does Tox leak my IP address? ====
 Tox makes no attempt to cloak your IP address when communicating with other users, as the whole point of peer-to-peer is to connect you directly to your friends. A workaround does exist in the form of [[users:Tox over Tor (ToT)|tunneling your Tox connections through Tor]]. However, a user cannot uncover another user's IP address using only a Tox ID to find the user in the DHT, the IP address will only be discernible when the users become "friends." [[https://gist.github.com/irungentoo/cb0a9b07131e95be1e64|1]] Tox makes no attempt to cloak your IP address when communicating with other users, as the whole point of peer-to-peer is to connect you directly to your friends. A workaround does exist in the form of [[users:Tox over Tor (ToT)|tunneling your Tox connections through Tor]]. However, a user cannot uncover another user's IP address using only a Tox ID to find the user in the DHT, the IP address will only be discernible when the users become "friends." [[https://gist.github.com/irungentoo/cb0a9b07131e95be1e64|1]]
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 ==== Multiple devices ==== ==== Multiple devices ====
-Support for multiple devices is planned. A simple explanation of the issues involved is [[users:Multiple_Devices| here]]. More info about possible ways it could be implemented [[https://github.com/Quoturnix/ProjectTox-Core/wiki/Multiple-devices| here]].+Support for multiple devices is planned. More info about possible ways it could be implemented [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1op6zGR0KYdF7tTWSSX79KQieJu30vLZ6XG327kIBhxQ/edit#| On this Google Doc]], it could use a little help please try to add anything you can to it! Including questions.
  
 === Can I move profile across devices manually? === === Can I move profile across devices manually? ===
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 [[users:Import_Export| Import / Export]] [[users:Import_Export| Import / Export]]
-==== Persistent groupchats ==== +==== New groupchats ==== 
-Persistent groupchats are being developed as part of the groupchat overhaul which is being undertaken primarily by Jfreegman. The work is nearing completion and the github branch can be found [[https://github.com/JFreegman/toxcore/tree/new_groupchats|here.]]+New DHT-based groupchats are being developed as part of [[ https://github.com/toktok/c-toxcore | c-toxcore]]. This will allow joining groupchats using a ToxID and implementations of new groupchat features.
  
 ==== Real Offline Messaging ==== ==== Real Offline Messaging ====

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