Chatroulette (In)security

http://econsultancy.com/blog/5559-is-the-chatroulette-fun-about-to-come-to-an-end

nothing is anonymous. the internet knows all. unfortunately, the internet is not just sub omniscient entity judging our actions for later punishment, rather its a series of interconnections between you, your best friend, that girl you see around campus, and any other person with a computer. we're not dealing with God, we're dealing with each other, which is why there is no such thing as anonymity.

site like chatoulette promise a compromised anonymity. People think that the next button affords the opportunity to do whatever you want and get away with it, but the article tells us that "the computers of Chatroulette participants are connected directly, it's possible to identify the IP address of another participant. Chatroulette Map is taking advantage of this to build a geolocated database of Chatroulette participants. Chatroulette Map plots its data on a Google Map, and for each participant, a photo and the actual IP address of the participant are displayed."

The article goes into further detail on how some businesses could use this technology for further advertisement and other uses. No one is safe.

Basically, anyone of moderate technical know-how can find you and put your face on a map. Don't masturbate on this thing.

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