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What's old is new. Does anyone remember the forum signatures that would display the viewers IP address and location on a little wooden signpost held up by a tro
by aimazon 2y ago
What's old is new. Does anyone remember the forum signatures that would display the viewers IP address and location on a little wooden signpost held up by a troll-looking creature?
https://cdn.geekzone.co.nz/images/forums/danasoftcache.jpg https://cdn.geekzone.co.nz/images/forums/danasoftcache.jpg
- alp1n3_eth 2y agoJust like the days of DoSing an IP from a COD Lobby
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- catlikesshrimp 2y agoThat was a troll feature. It usually showed any user his own information. MAYBE some forum doxxed users by posting their informatio? but I didn't see any.
- giancarlostoro 2y agoMy friend would figure out the username, but he never did it maliciously, just for the challenge. Forums would show you which user was viewing a thread...
- iforgot22 2y agoWikipedia still does if you aren't logged in
- giancarlostoro 2y agoHad a friend who made his own nice one, would then visit the thread, and figure out "who is viewing it" and show your username. ;)
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- kostadin 2y agoI was fascinated by this once I learned how it worked. At the time I was learning php and wrote a script that would draw graphics based on the requesting ip address and return as gif, then used that as my avatar on a few phpbbs. Learned a lot.
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