I mean for spying tools. The C&C is much easier with IRC, just have keyword triggers. You don't have to have all the hassle of the Twitter API, IRC is just a by

I mean for spying tools. The C&C is much easier with IRC, just have keyword triggers. You don't have to have all the hassle of the Twitter API, IRC is just a byte stream. As for the wider IRC. I've not found it a problem then again I've been in channel for nearly 20 years. My client is in channel 24/7 so you only miss as much as you want to. OTOH in that time I've gone from icq -> MSN -> googletalk -> facebook chat. As IM support comes and goes from the big players as they get bored with it. The only thing that's changed in IRC in that time is SSL transport.