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Summary: It's easy to find out the IP address of an arbitrary Skype user from their username, which can be found in the Skype global directory. This is done by
by Zash 15y ago
Summary: It's easy to find out the IP address of an arbitrary Skype user from their username, which can be found in the Skype global directory. This is done by calling the user, but without the UI notifying user. Nor able is the user able to block this and it can be done by someone not in your contact list. And it works even if the target user is off-line. So it's super easy to track someones movements.
- acqq 15y agoYes, you are not safe even if you are logged off from Skype! PDF here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3137303 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3137303 "When the caller calls a Skype user who is currently off-line, the Skype application will still provide to the caller the user’s most recent IP address, as long as the user was running Skype in the past 72 hours. For this reason, we are able to retrieve the IP address of a Skype user that used Skype within the past 72 hours" (!)