[sldev] Re: "But your IP wouldn't be safe"

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 10-Jul-2007, at 04:42, Jason Giglio wrote:
> An excellent example of a large, successful, platform, where they  
> don't even attempt to obscure IPs from other users.  I bet some of  
> their users even cry about it too.

Not any more. Rampant abuse by bots and DOS attacks on IRC have led  
to IRC fragmenting into hundreds of isolated networks, some of which  
have no more than three or four systems on them, and a massive exodus  
of people from IRC to chat systems that provide more privacy and  
security.

Pointing to IRC as an environment where a laissez-faire approach to  
privacy was a "success" just means you're not really familiar with  
the history of IRC.