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Or that the "BNC" service they are launching is also by definition a MITM
by ev1 5y ago
Or that the "BNC" service they are launching is also by definition a MITM
- Ndymium 5y agoThat's how any bouncer (or shell) works.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoAh, but you see, that's hosted by the server operators, so it's fine. I mean, er, decentralised.
- ben0x539 5y agoto be fair, that does mean it doesn't add an additional party who can spy on all communication
- chris_wot 5y agoNo, only freenode. Do we consider them trustworthy?
- wizzwizz4 5y agoOf course! Why, only two months ago it was among the most trustworthy public IRC networks in existence.
- ben0x539 5y agoNo! But adding another party adds a another risk, however tiny! And uh I guess ignoring that irccloud is probably gonna have invested more into security than the geniuses behind the "hm maybe we should ban irccloud" operation, but, that's just details!
- squiggleblaz 5y agoIRC in general would be a MITM, no? I don't know the network geometry, I assume every message goes via the IRC server rather than peer-to-peer. Seems like a decision a user should legitimately make for themselves.
- Wevah 5y agoYes, unless the messages are sent via DCC.