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Re:Freenode IRC logging archive Echelog is shutting down by 293984j29384 on Friday April 17, 2020 @11:07AM (#22899629)
Yeah, that's not a real thing. You can't connect an individual lurker to a log.
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Re:Freenode IRC logging archive Echelog is shutting down by paranoidrobot on Sunday April 19, 2020 @08:47AM (#22915546)
What about what I said isn't possible?

If you control the IRC server, there's nothing stopping you from modifying the events sent to every client in a way that lets you identify that client.

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