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Comment by encom

4 months ago

What's the point of E2E on a chatroom/channel/"""server""" that anyone can join?

Yes, I'm making (another) argument in favour of IRC. IRC has optional client-server encryption, and you can set channel modes to only allow encrypted clients access. So that way you at least prevent eavesdropping.

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