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You'd think an IRC network targeted towards gamers would make extra sure to keep things secure and private. Supporting SSL/TLS and enabling IP cloaking by defau
by r1ch 11y ago
You'd think an IRC network targeted towards gamers would make extra sure to keep things secure and private. Supporting SSL/TLS and enabling IP cloaking by default would go a long way to improving privacy on Quakenet.
- justinsaccount 11y ago> You'd think an IRC network targeted towards gamers would make extra sure to keep things secure and private. I don't think that. Why would you think that? Why would gamers care more about privacy and security than groups like programmers or sysadmins?
- tetromino_ 11y agoBecause gamers sometimes attract the attention of sociopathic teenagers [1] in a way that programmers typically don't. [1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/teen-pleads-guilty-to-23-charges-of-swatting-harassing-online-game-rivals/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/teen-pleads-guilt...
- derefr 11y agoImagine two teams in a competitive game, who each use an IRC channel to coordinate. Each team has a strong incentive to get access to the other team's channel. Programming/systems administration has no similar competitive format that would incentivize MITMing. Some individual programmers might have a state adversary or somesuch after them—but that's one adversary attempting to MITM one user. In a competitive game with computer-savvy players, you could potentially see every player becoming an adversary against half the other users on the service.
- Strom 11y agoPerhaps not more than programmers/sysadmins, but there's a lot of harassment/DDoS in the gaming community.