• submit your tips and photos

    shufflepeople@gmail.com
  • ShufflePeople on Facebook

Chatroulette Map breaks users’ anonymity

Chatroulette Map homepage warn educators in Maine to stop using students’ real names in hostnames. By the sound of it Chatroulette Map is going to post IP addresses to the public at some point and they’re giving the public fair warning before doing so.

Hosted by imgur.com

Chatroulette Map currently displays 2662 points on the map. IPs are bundled together so you can view how many computers in each location are currently on Chatroulette. If you click on a point you’ll get a screen shot of someone in that town playing Chatroulette.

Hosted by imgur.com

random dude on Chatroulette in Birmingham Alabama

What’s currently available on Chatroulette Map is a very small representation in comparison to the actual number of people on Chatroulette at any given time. As this site grow we’re likely to see a better represnetation worldwide.

Some interesting data could be extrapolated from this. The number of naked body parts per capita for instance, or the ratio of men to women. Features like this are likely to crop up very soon on this site or others that are sure to follow.

[[ via Laughing Squid ]]

  • Charles
    Lame. They are releasing images and locations of minors. Doesn't sound like a bright idea.
  • Guest
    The interesting thing is the proximity of users in many occasions , even if the map only uses a fraction of the visitors on the site!
  • Chatroulette users caught with their pants down you might say?
blog comments powered by Disqus

FireStats icon Powered by FireStats