IRC Numbers Explanation

While most YouTubers understand why the Numbers IRC stuff is funny; a few might not. Here's an explanation for your friends and family.

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Education

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• Numb3rs
• IRC
• explanation
• Xchat

[LoliciousXD]

but wait, why did they just use a GUI interface using visual basic to track the hackers IP address???

[PoringClawk]

brb making a GUI interface in visual basics

[kohlrak]

Theres some things there that really, really bothered methat you missed, such as bouncing off of 100 or so IPs. So some random hacker is going to have a botnet of 100 or so just to speak openly on an unencrypted network? Say it even is some other chat protocol, who wants to sit and wait for messages between 100 proxies? That's alot of latency!

[sivadfa]

When I watched this on TV a couple months ago, I couldn't stop laughing.

[scouttroop291]

one you leave out is some not know the sys is be help over the phone on how to work it not know there being set up all the cops get what is type .........

[iotku]

TL;DR IRC can be fairly secure as long as you know it's setup properly and the server admins aren't monitoring your messages, having an IP address is mostly useless because of VPNs, proxys and such. Public channels can be logged, of course. 1337 $p34k is dumb and annoying often, but can be fun to use under the right circumstances.

[iotku]

Part 3.

5:00: Screenshots are just silly to do to text :) but I don't think it needed that much explaining :P

6:05: Again, you'd have to be in the channel, (which can be invite only etc) and two people wouldn't even need to be in a channel.

Most people on IRC would kick you out of their channel if you I annoy them :p

[iotku]

Part 2.

1:47: Sure that is a silly analogy, but you'd still have to find the boats. ;) Of course there's nothing to do with the crazy effects in the background...

2:35: If you're doing a /whois you already know what server you're on.

Ever heard of a proxy, vpn, or just using someone elses connection off their wifi? IP addresses don't mean much of anything, and that's also saying the irc server isn't masking their IP in the first place.

3:35: Actually agreed with you somewhere. Still fun to use

[iotku]

Part 1.

1:03: IRC servers are (when modern and setup properly) SSL linked (when using numerous servers), can connect with SSL encryption. They could just PRIVMSG to themselfs without joining a channel

1:47: Well of course it can, what can't? But ok.... again if they were using a PRIVMSG or even in a channel with nobody else there wouldn't be any logs other than their clients, unless the server was setup to (ussually just kids do this, real so called "hackers" would find a server they trust.)

[Netino78]

everytime he pauses i expect to see "NOPE, just chuck testa!"

[geniusxtra]

IRC members probably find this one the most hilariously wrong description about the IRC (the clip itself, not the commentary). Nice VB GUI interface btw.

[EchelonWeb]

lool . it's just an analogy for everyday people that aren't computer geeks, it doesn't need to be dissected even if its stupid to you...jesus wept...if u are more serious better use OTR (leverage socialist millionaire protocol) for f2f encrypted chat or SILC or w/e conference chat over 3rd party networks, verify babbleprint statically with prior gpg sigs ... BUT who the fuck cares to explain this, your are looking way to much into this... 'chemical residue on the boats??' 'logs on the boat??