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Freenode Meltdown Update # I Can't Believe I'm Still Doing This: #freenode is arguing about whose passwords may have been compromised due to network admins not blocking "nickserv"/"chanserv" names being used by users, possibly resulting in users sending passwords to bad actors. Image
Confirmation from Freenode staff that, for some period of time, an IRCop had "their bot" signed in as nickserv and was receiving passwords sent by users attempting to authenticate. Note this was sent as a wallops message (not a global notice), which most users would not see. Image
Note that WALLOPS is opt-in; most users never see these messages at all. Passwords were potentially compromised, and freenode staff are ignoring requests to send a global notice instead, which every user would see.
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#Freenode meltdown update 4(?): Freenode is now giving operator status to openly bigoted trolls. This is not hyperbole. These logs are from THE PAST DAY. More in second post. (TW transphobia) Image
These are all very recent statements, right in the #freenode-policy-feedback. Anyone still on Freenode needs to seriously consider jumping ship as soon as is reasonable for them. ImageImageImageImage
This isn't a one-off thing, as I've mentioned in my previous update tweets. I've seen a lot of outright bigotry, trolling, personal harassment, and so on, over the past few days, and literally none of it has been addressed by the staff. We're always ignored. Every time.
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I spent ~15 years of my life as freenode staff.

For a year or so I did most if not all user support alone.

In 2006/2007, I helped save it from hostile takeover.

There is no moral, and likely no legal, way for it to have been sold.

I am numb from pain.

irc.libera.chat
Registered : Nov 30 00:00:00 2000 (20y 25w 0d ago)

(It used to be really, really easy to accidentally drop your own nick doing end user support, so a few of us had/still have reg times reset by hand)
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