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Hackers can get your IP through Skype by just sending a link, no click required (www.404media.co)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember a time when skype was p2p and it was easy to find IPs with netstat

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

ICQ, IRC, MSN, AOL... They all had this problem long enough ago