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IRC is primarily used for "public forum"-type chats, so the lack of encryption isn't particularly troubling. You can use SSL to protect the immediate connection
by Retr0id 2y ago
IRC is primarily used for "public forum"-type chats, so the lack of encryption isn't particularly troubling. You can use SSL to protect the immediate connection, though (much like posting on HN).
- qingcharles 2y agoI knew the CTO of a major telco in the early 90s who logged all the PRIVMSGs going through their network and used it to blackmail some people who weren't "out." When I found out I tried to report it, but this CTO faked some logs for their firm, making it look like I'd hacked them, and sent them to the dean of the university I was studying at to try to get me kicked out. That was a dicey moment. On another security issue: I owned an EFnet server at the time, so I modified my HOSTS file to be able to go online as president@whitehouse.gov