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minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 hours agoThe argument has always been, if when chat rooms are public, anyone can join and start logging the chats, encryption does nothing. It has the ability to connect over TLS, but that’s about it. I loved using it for its simplicity, except when using all the different flavours of nick registration (Q, NickServ, …).
minus-squareVanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 hours agoxmpp isn’t. (Ok I get xmpp alone is but every modern client supports the same two encryption methods so judge for yourself)
minus-squareExFed@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 hours agoNot when the entirety of your conversations are jargon and in-jokes! /s
Back to IRC we go…
It is entirely insecure.
The argument has always been, if when chat rooms are public, anyone can join and start logging the chats, encryption does nothing.
It has the ability to connect over TLS, but that’s about it.
I loved using it for its simplicity, except when using all the different flavours of nick registration (Q, NickServ, …).
xmpp isn’t.
(Ok I get xmpp alone is but every modern client supports the same two encryption methods so judge for yourself)
Not when the entirety of your conversations are jargon and in-jokes!
/s