You simply assume Freenode PMs are compromised as a communications channel, no This works to your benefit even if it ultimately turns out that they aren't if Sufficiently high that the only reasonable course of action at this point is toĪssume out of caution that all Freenode PMs are tapped. Say about the attitude of Freenode's new custodians. Sources which I cannot disclose for their own protection, and what all of those On the other reports of abuses of power which have been made, and on private That Freenode PMs will come under surveillance. Know this to be the case, there's a serious risk or really even a likelihood Under the control of an abusive power, I'd like to note that while I do not Being that the Freenode infrastructure is now clearly Of reality.) Important safety advice for Freenode usersĪdvice for all users. Written in Go) and Lee the converse, given that this seems rather the reverse (It's rather ironic that I named my bot egobot (really, E-Go-Bot, since it's Probably just some RSS feed, a pale imitation. If the log above is to be believed, humblebot is Support to announce new entries on the HN front page the very instant they The codebase which powers it, which uses the HN API and its Server-Sent Events #hntop on Freenode is no longer being served by the true bot, egobot, and cover up the fact that I had sought to do so.clearly did this with the express purpose of frustrating an attempt by thatĬhannel's founder (me) to relocate it to another IRC network and.forcibly dropped the channel and reregistered it so as to put themselves inĬontrol of it, and render me no longer in control of it.In other words, it appears that a Freenode services admin, presumably rasengan, I no longer have any authority or ChanServ flags for this channel.Ĭonclusions. 14:37:53 - ChanServ: Founder : freenode-placeholder-account 14:37:53 - ChanServ: Information on #hntop: egobot had been replaced with rasengan's bot which he previously used in his channel #hnnew, humblebot, which had voice.Įxamination of ChanServ records also reveals that I am no longer the founder of the channel: 14:37:53 info #hntop.rasengan had operator status, which I never authorized or intended.the topic had been changed back to the previous topic.On, I received a tip-off that the topic of the Freenode channel #hntop (which I had parted) had had its topic changed back. Of course, I also removed the #hntop bot, egobot, from the channel. New stories: #hnnew" to "This channel has moved to Liberachat, effective immediately: #hntop" | Messages sent in this channel can only be seen by operators | I therefore changed the channel topic: 18:10:34 - hl has changed topic for #hntop from "HN Top Stories Live |īot posts any story the instant it hits the top 30. On, 18:10 London time, I decided to move my channel, #hntop, to Liberachat. Rasengan also made me a channel operator in #hnnew, but I did not grant 01:22:42 Is there any possibility of putting #hnnew in the #hntop title xD 19:07:11 (I mean tried to use a same theme for colours) 19:07:02 It's actually just a nodejs feed but I matched all the colors and everything :O Let me know if you'd like op in #hnnew xD 19:06:24 It's a bit of a firehose for sure. 19:06:11 I was thinking of doing that but it seemed like it would be a bit of a firehose 19:05:38 I setup a bot in #hnnew (let's call it a "sister" bot so to speak) Of mentioning #hnnew in the #hntop topic. Having no reason to distrust this individual, I happily took their suggestion Lee, I did not know that rasengan was Andrew Lee at this time. I had never been messaged by rasengan before and while I knew of Andrew The HN new page rather than the HN top page. That he had set up a similar bot in #hnnew, which posts stories from On, I was messaged by rasengan on Freenode notifying me Of this channel and the only one with ChanServ permissions over it. Lists HN Top Stories in an IRC channel on a live basis. On, I launched the #hntop service on Freenode, which Lee ( rasengan) without my knowledge or consent. Infrastructure to its new custodians, but I can now provide a first-handĪccount of one incident â because I am the victim of it.Ī channel which I registered, #hntop, has been taken over by Andrew There have been several allegations of this since the handover of the Freenode Freenode commits suicide, is no longer a serious IRC networkįreenode IRC operators now engaging in routine abuses of power.Freenode IRC operators perform mass seizure of channels for mentioning Liberachat.Freenode IRC operators now engaging in routine abuses of power.
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