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Chatroulette + GeoIP + screengrabs = Chatroulette Map

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Re: Chatroulette + GeoIP + screengrabs = Chatroulette Map

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Post by deutronium »

I presume this site is created by the Chatroulette people themselves, as surely they'd be the only ones with access to the IPs of users?

[Edit: Just tried Wireshark with chatroulette and you can see the UDP packets going to/from the other user, I guess this isn't always the case if you're both behind NAT gateways]

Re: Chatroulette + GeoIP + screengrabs = Chatroulette Map

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Post by scottjackson »

eli wrote: post #15
dzlobin wrote: post #7

...apparently there are 7 people chatting from Rosedale Cemetery in LA, on Normandie and W Washington.

Does that cemetery happen to be dead center in the middle of LA?

I heard that people are just dying to get into that place.

Re: Chatroulette + GeoIP + screengrabs = Chatroulette Map

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Post by bugs »

deutronium wrote: post #22

I presume this site is created by the Chatroulette people themselves, as surely they'd be the only ones with access to the IPs of users? [Edit: Just tried Wireshark with chatroulette and you can see the UDP packets going to/from the other user, I guess this isn't always the case if you're both behind NAT gateways]

I think it was found that people were directly connected or the ip address was forwarded.

Re: Chatroulette + GeoIP + screengrabs = Chatroulette Map

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Post by python123 »

deutronium wrote: post #22

I presume this site is created by the Chatroulette people themselves, as surely they'd be the only ones with access to the IPs of users? [Edit: Just tried Wireshark with chatroulette and you can see the UDP packets going to/from the other user, I guess this isn't always the case if you're both behind NAT gateways]

Why would you think that? The domains chatroulette and chatroulettemap don't seem to be related. The real site has is own nameservers and is registered out of the UK. The map is served by Dreamhost and is registered out of Colorado. The real site was created by a talented young person. The map site was probably created by a talentless old person (sorta like the HN demographic).

Re: Chatroulette + GeoIP + screengrabs = Chatroulette Map

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Post by travisp »

deutronium wrote: post #22

I presume this site is created by the Chatroulette people themselves, as surely they'd be the only ones with access to the IPs of users? [Edit: Just tried Wireshark with chatroulette and you can see the UDP packets going to/from the other user, I guess this isn't always the case if you're both behind NAT gateways]

Apparently Chatroulette involves a direct connection between individuals, so it's possible to determine the IP address of the person you are connected to.

For it not to be a direct connection, Chatroulette would require some pretty heavy resources to stream everyone's video.

Re: Chatroulette + GeoIP + screengrabs = Chatroulette Map

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Post by rudyfink »

badave wrote: post #12
dailo10 wrote: post #6

Does anyone else find this disturbing in a Big Brother sort of way?

Very disturbing. I'm not going on Big Br-... chatroulette again. It's just geoip though, so it's accuracy is low.

That was the first question I had, "whoa, is GeoIP that accurate?" Sadly the best I could quickly find was this ( http://www.maxmind.com/app/city_accuracy ) which says that, as of 11.19.2008, GeoIP correctly resolves to 25 miles of the actual location 83% of the time.
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