Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Warpslide
From : echicken
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 16:05:49

  Re: Re: SSH on BBSes
  By: Warpslide to 2twisty on Fri Apr 01 2022 09:51:02

 Wa> doesn't take into account Synchronet boards who over these messages bases
 Wa> via http: 

 Wa> http://vert.synchro.net/?page=001-forum.ssjs&sub=fsx_gen

 Wa> Give it a little bit and this message I'm typing right now over an SSH
 Wa> connection, (I should probably be actually working), will be fully visible
 Wa> there. There are also boards who make these message bases available over
 Wa> NNTP. 

Thank you for pointing this out; I've harped on it before and it needs to be said on occasion.

People who think that they're achieving privacy by using a typical BBS are sorely mistaken. It's a common belief BBSs are "private", "underground", and somehow "not the internet", but few are configured accordingly. At best we've got obscurity.

This isn't to say that people can't or shouldn't try to set up BBSs so that they're less discoverable, not searchable from the web, etc., but I'm not a fan of this medium being sold wholesale as some safe haven from prying eyes.
  
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