X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any more secure

Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by herewulf on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:13AM (#44178367)

As a user of XChat[0] since 1999, I can tell you that it's definitely not encrypted or secure. Don't believe the hype!

[0]: http://xchat.org

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by Vinz_ on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:18AM (#44178402)

> Dubbed "XChat" (not to be confused with the venerable Linux/Windows IRC app of the same name)

It’s not the same XChat

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by DavidDiazUA on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:21AM (#44178426)

@grok is this true?

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by Imustaskforhelp on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:54AM (#44178608)

Is there grok on hackernews?

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by astar1 on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:30AM (#44178814)

lol!

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by RUnconcerned on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:33AM (#44178492)

Looking into this

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by 0xAFFFF on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:24AM (#44178449)

Concerning

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by bilekas on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:37AM (#44178866)

I think you missed the joke. As a fellow XChat user I can assure you, Elon is wrong.

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by Vinz_ on Thursday June 05, 2025 @12:31PM (#44193212)

I apparently did, although I still struggle to understand what the joke is, to be honest.

Thank you for at least explaining that I missed a joke, it’s a lot more helpful than downvotes. (I’m not complaining, I don’t really care about internet points, I was just confused about what I did wrong) :)

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by Yoric on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:38AM (#44178519)

Oh, wait, is Elon porting the venerable xchat to Rust? :)

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by bilekas on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:39AM (#44178883)

> Oh, wait, is Elon porting the venerable xchat to Rust? :)

If this hasn't been done already, I have a new weekend project!

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by mrweasel on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:45AM (#44178918)

Honestly we're a little short on good IRC clients, so it's not that stupid.

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by bilekas on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @06:32AM (#44179229)

I have resorted to rolling my own version of irccloud. It became embarrassing how much I spent over the years for such a simple service. Also learning then irc protocol in its bizarre entirety was pretty fun.

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by SbEpUBz2 on Thursday June 05, 2025 @12:14PM (#44193054)

kvirc ftw!

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by Greed on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @11:25AM (#44181761)

For those of you who don't know, the project was archived in 2024 but there was at least one modern fork of XChat in the form of HexChat: https://hexchat.github.io/

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by mrweasel on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:43AM (#44178904)

Somehow I feel like they should just go all in at call it BitchX[1], that also have the same Bitcoin style of encryption, none.

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitchX

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Re:X's new "encrypted" XChat feature doesn't seem to be any ... by alimbada on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:59AM (#44179032)

I really hope you're not still using it. It was last updated in 2010. Even the website hasn't been updated to use HTTPS.

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