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Most popular chat platforms don’t allow admins to see IP addresses or user agents. That’s considered sensitive information these days. There are still niche pla
by zenexer 8y ago
Most popular chat platforms don’t allow admins to see IP addresses or user agents. That’s considered sensitive information these days. There are still niche platforms that behave more like IRC, but they’re pretty rare.
- stevenicr 8y agoI am guessing the popular chat platforms you refer to are mainly used in walled gardens or have other censoring / moderating options. In my experience chat systems that are open to new registerations are a ripe target for 4chat like trolls - it's only a matter of time before they come and make all your users wish you could see everyone's ips. even if you can't see them, having an option to ban / block ips, subnets, cidrs, is one of the most important lines of defense if you have an open system. At least in my experiences. Please see some additional info in this regard I just posted below here -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19171614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19171614