Dear all,
if you're a Freenode user, perhaps regularly a part of our #fsfe channel, you now have the option of getting an FSFE-affiliated cloak. For those of you who don't know, an IRC cloak is a replacement for your IP number or domain name when people query your name on IRC, so instead of showing up as "jonas@192.243.8.174" (as an example), you'd show up as "jonas@fsfe/jonas" [^1].
I documented this here:
https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/FellowshipServices#IRC
If you want a cloak, you need to have a NickServ registered name, an FSFE account (by being a Fellow or a volunteer[^2]), and you need to let me know you want one: I'll communicate this to the Freenode staff which will activate your cloak.
AS there may be quite a few cloak requests in the beginning, I'll collect requests and send to Freenode on a ~weekly basis.
[^1]: Please note though that a cloak while giving some privacy does not give you perfect privacy and it's generally not much of a problem for someone to figure out your IP address anyway. [^2]: See https://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/AccountCreation for more information.