Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC?
by giancarlostoro on Thursday June 06, 2019 @09:05PM
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I pay for and use irccloud. You can probably use a VPN on top of that if you dont want even then to have your IP. You can also setup a connection bouncer on a server. Basically you tell it what ircd to connect to and it connects to it for you masking your IP. This is what IRCCloud does under the hood tbh.
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Additionally: you may request a cloak which hides your IP address, useful if you are to visit any dubious channels. on Freenode f.e. you simply ask an operator at the main channel for one and you have it.
Secondly you could also setup a Digital Ocean droplet (server) with an IRC client and ssh into that.