Post by §nühwâ¬Â£fPost by Mad as a Box of FrogsPost by §nühwâ¬Â£fPost by Mad as a Box of FrogsJust so ya know......
Chatroulette Map is a
project that is grabbing the IP addresses of users, along with a
screenshot, and then using Geo IP tools to pinpoint them roughly
on the map. The site relies on the fact that Chatroulette
connects users directly to each other (assumedly in an effort to
save bandwidth) and in doing so exposes IP addresses. Most of
the screenshots are safe and entertaining, but there are a few
of those Not-Safe-For-Work ones mixed in. The site is also a
great way to see a small sampling of the concentration of users
around the world. That story is at
http://laughingsquid.com/chatroulette-map-not-so-anonymous-anymor
e/
The actual maps showing exact locations of connected sockets is
at http://www.chatroulettemap.com/
Its just another way for the gubmint to monitor people. The recent
news about "OH TEH SKAREY! AMERICA BEEIN ATTACKED BY
CYBERWARRIERZ!" on the whore media, will predictably be followed
by some New Announcement by gubmint that "we must pass these laws
to protect Amurikuh!!!". Then they'll pass some idiot law that
restricts our freedums and has the net-effect of making it harder
to access sites like wikileaks or to blog anonymously.
This whole thing is escalating nicely. Google the 17 year old kid
who was just offered $30 million for his Chatroulette servers
located under his mom's dining room table in Rooski.
Yeah, either hes a fan of Stallman and the freedom ethos or hes
inherently uncorruptable. Either way, how refreshing!
Post by Mad as a Box of FrogsHe's not interested in the offer at all though - he's quite happy
with his $11/week allowance from mommy, mom, mom, mommy, mommy, oh
Hi.
I wonder how much is his own code or if he borrowed alot of it?
Little bugger has it going on that's for sure. 1 million hits plus per day
already.
Post by §nühwâ¬Â£fPost by Mad as a Box of FrogsThose maps are hilarious. They zone right in on the "sausagees",
wonder if they even know yet.
The internets was always about p0rn...
A couple tours was all I could take. The worst sausage fest I have ever
had the displeasure of experiencing. Not that I'm against waving the
salami, spanking the monkey or yanking the yoyo mind you, but even I,
was, well...., over-sausaged. I won't even go into the issues of age.
This should concern parents in a big way. LOL.
In an interview the kid owner calls them exhibitionists and claims he
will make more of an effort to "control" that sort of activity. Myself
I can't see how. Current controls are three "reports" (clicking F3) sent
by other viewers within a five minute period gets you blocked for 35 minutes.
Well, at my age I got kicked off about every hour on the hour - grey hair
and wrinkled brow doesn't go over well with the majority which appears to
be in the range of 16 to 30. I was called "pops" and "old man"
regularly. LOL
So I dunno. Count on those bottlenecks being resolved and you'll have
an amazing venue for yakking to complete strangers, perhaps groups defined
by a/s/l etc will follow. I have to say all in all that it's a memorable
experience and can easily see the mass appeal it holds for youth.
If I catch my own youngster on it he loses his comp for a month. Even the
age limit 16 I believe is way too young and like I said - you do see kids
well below that age. Not unlike IRC, there are lots of "punks" on there
simply making reports left, right and center getting many booted for the
35 minutes, whether justified or not, three strikes you;re gone for 35.
But since we're talking numbers in the millions, who knows how
well that works.
Post by §nühwâ¬Â£fPost by Mad as a Box of FrogsPost by §nühwâ¬Â£fFFS, man...the *buyer* is dead.
*Beware* is very much alive.
Sad but true.
That's a global setting though, as far back as histoly goes and as far
ahead likely.
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