Mentality,
I am making a post about what I'd like Mirc to be - not what it is. All those things you said Mirc doesn't do, it could do in the future. I am not talking about the security of the world, either - I'm specifically talking about IRC. Despite your comments I would still like to see those or better privacy features in Mirc or Irc as a whole. I don't need to see what is available now, I am talking about what could be available in the future and will make Irc and Mirc safer and more valueable.
Now I know you guys aren't going to act like you don't know that a /who, /whois, and even /whowas command can lead someone to your front door! You get the IP, you go to the whois website, or Network Solutions / Verisign - in nothing flat you have the users address, phone, real name, server, and other pertinent information. I had a problem with two jokers who decided to go over the line. One of them overwrote my website and stupidly left their Irc address. The other one threatened to hack my because I was using "his" username. I found both of them in about 15 minutes! So don't tell me there isn't a security risk that needs to be addressed.
Additionally, I use AOL, and for some bonehead reason there are a lot of idiots on Irc who don't like AOL users (as if we WORK for AOL, dumbnuts). They do /whois on me and all of a sudden I'm getting flamed. This kind of idiocity is not only unneccessary - there's no reason for it. Why should some nut be able to look at my IP when all he's looking at it for is to come back and insult me? That's another reason why we need to get some privacy standards established.
Lastly, all software reach to provide everything to it's users (look at Internet Explorer for example). If that weren't the case Microsoft wouldn't have hundreds of different software titles and upgrades - security or not - for each one. If enough people want Mirc to be thier "bodyguard" (somebody has to do it - why not the browser your using???) and are willing to pay for it, either Mirc will evolve to that point - or people will start shopping elsewhere. The way you are talking is passionate - but not business sense. You grow a business by providing needs, not chastising people when they make new ideas because it isn't "how it is". How it is is dead - it's about how it can be. Security and privacy is the missing link in Irc, and if Mirc can provide those, all the better.
