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Encryption is kind of moot. Every IRC server has been behind SSL/TLS for a very long time and it doesn't prevent usage nor archives.
by chungy 7y ago
Encryption is kind of moot. Every IRC server has been behind SSL/TLS for a very long time and it doesn't prevent usage nor archives.
- paxys 7y agoThe core argument in the article is that such systems aren't E2E encrypted.
- cooljacob204 7y agoSo the same as IRC.
- diath 7y agoI agree that IRC encryption is kind of moot, the issue with IRC is that most channels usually don't enforce SSL-only clients, meaning that you have both encrypted and unencrypted traffic going through, effectively making it unencrypted altogether as all it takes is snooping on a single unencrypted client. It's a shame too, honestly with Let's Encrypt being a thing nowadays I feel like IRC networks should be SSL only.