Chatroulette Map exposes the locations of your "anonymous" chat partners
Chatroulette, the anonymous video chat service that has captured the Internet's imagination (and free time), is known for wanton nudity and crazy stunts. That's because of the "anonymous" part of Chatroulette. You can be anyone you want, and you can wear anything you want (or not)! However, Chatroulette isn't as anonymous as we previously supposed.
A new site called Chatroulette Map has begun the process of matching IP addresses with locations and screenshots. That means you can see, on a map, where that weird naked guy, attractive dude, or fake Jonas Brother was really chatting from. It's not a real-time service (yet), but the database has nearly 2500 screenshots mapped as I write this.
So, think twice next time you take your 'personal belongings' out on camera. It might just put you on the map.














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Subscribe to commentsMark BMar 11th 2010 8:43AM
From the site: "We'd like to advise maine.edu to stop using student's names in their hostnames. We've decided, at least for the time being, to
hide IP & host information as some user-identifiable information was found in some entries"
Just...wow...
EvenioMar 11th 2010 11:04AM
An educational institution going out of their way to undermine and strip away their students' privacy? Starting to sound more and more familiar...
nimicitorMar 11th 2010 11:37AM
Don't click the marker on Maidstone, Kent UK. :|
MikeMar 12th 2010 1:30PM
This gives the pervs access to the boy or girl they just talked to. This map works both ways and could actually be worse than deterring the "jerk offs." http://www.chatroulettevideos.com