Jonathan Disher wrote:
>
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Kev wrote:
>
> > > @@ -120,7 +124,9 @@
> > > */
> > >
> > > #define HEAD_IN_SAND_WHOIS_SERVERNAME
> > > +#define HEAD_IN_SAND_WHOIS_IDLETIME
> > > #define HEAD_IN_SAND_WHO_SERVERNAME
> > > +#define HEAD_IN_SAND_WHO_HOPCOUNT
> > >
> > > /* CFV-165 - Hiding Nonessential information from non-opers
> > > *
> >
> > ugh...hiding the idle time? *sob*
>
> OK. Hiding the servername, /map, /stats, and such I can understand. But
> removing idle time is just being stupid.
>
> Don't cross the line from "justified but painful feature removal for a
> good cause" to "blindly removing everything just because you can".
>
> -j
They aren't removing the ability to find out a user's idle time if I
understand it right - What they are doing is removing the ability to
ever find a user's idle time by typing:
/whois <nick>
However:
/whois <nick> <nick>
will still tell a user's idle time.
This is so, no matter *what*, nobody can tell what server someone is on.
If it wasn't done, someone could theoretically (and probably will) load
bots onto every server, set them to all /whois a user, and then
whichever one gets the idle time back, they know they are on the same
server the bot is on.
That's because currently, a whois will tell you the idle time of someone
if they are local to you, but only whois nick nick will tell you the
idle time if they are not local.. So just a little deduction and..
See? :)
You're right though - hopefully too much isn't removed :)
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