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A quick-and-dirty way to check if any given person is invisible is to just click on their name and send a message. If they appear offline, but you don't see a
by shrikant 16y ago
A quick-and-dirty way to check if any given person is invisible is to just click on their name and send a message.
If they appear offline, but you don't see a response message that says "<username> is offline and can't receive messages right now.", then they're invisible.
(Only checked this in the desktop Google Talk client and the Gmail chat version)
- dalore 16y agoYou still need to show offline contacts, and if that list is big it can be annoying.
- statictype 16y agoThis also works in Skype. They do a good job of cloaking calls, but chat sessions have the same 'leak' in that you get an error if they are actually offline but not if they are just invisible.
- kissickas 16y agoI don't think that's right about calls- I regularly call people I know are invisible on Skype and it rings. If they are offline, it says so (almost) immediately, with no ringing.
- sayrer 16y agoeven worse, some clients (e.g. Adium) will show invisible users connect and disconnect if you have a conversation open with them.