• Skype now hides IP addresses to protect online gamers from trolls
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[url]http://www.pcgamesn.com/skype-now-hides-ip-addresses-to-protect-online-gamers-from-trolls[/url]
About fucking time
I even recall websites dedicated to finding your IP through your Skype username, it got so out of hand that having your skype publicly available could get you DDoS'd at random.
This might be too little too late to be honest. With the DDoS problems that games like Dota 2 had, a lot of people moved back to TeamSpeak, or are trying out new clients like Discord or Curse Voice.
Took them awhile.
netstat -n. Pretty easy to figure it out
you could disable showing ip to people who were not on your friendslist via a tickbox
Nah, fuck Skype. Let's all just use Discord instead, much better service.
Doesn't this allow Microsoft to snoop though? Since it will then go through their servers instead of of direct.
[QUOTE=Xyrec;49586999]Nah, fuck Skype. Let's all just use Discord instead, much better service.[/QUOTE] Once it implements video calling my group will be switching over to it.
[QUOTE=usaokay;49588441]I use two cans and a string. Trying hacking into my convo now, black hats.[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.nsta.org/images/news/legacy/scope/0411/triedntrue4.gif[/img] Checkmate. Also, about damn time Microsoft did something about this.
Finally!
[QUOTE=Xyrec;49586999]Nah, fuck Skype. Let's all just use Discord instead, much better service.[/QUOTE] Nah skype's good, Discord is kinda bland
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49588794]Nah skype's good, Discord is kinda bland[/QUOTE] Have you actually used Discord? Skype is a steaming pile of shit now a days, that forces updates and ads down your throat :v: Oh, and the Skype codec is horrible.
[QUOTE=Xyrec;49588803]Have you actually used Discord? Skype is a steaming pile of shit now a days, that forces updates and ads down your throat :v:[/QUOTE] Yeah I found discord to be fairly uninteresting. "Forces updates" oh no something is being supported! Also lol ads they're on the side and half the time the program is minimized
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49588834]Yeah I found discord to be fairly uninteresting. "Forces updates" oh no something is being supported! Also lol ads they're on the side and half the time the program is minimized[/QUOTE] Sure, Discord may not be for everyone. "Being supported"? Old versions of skype, which doesn't have clutter and bullshit everywhere in the client, still work just fine. I really hate the fact that every new skype update seems to change the UI in some way.
I pretty much exclusively use TS anyways. Haven't really found a better option. Works well and no ads.
[QUOTE=Levelog;49588874]I pretty much exclusively use TS anyways. Haven't really found a better option. Works well and no ads.[/QUOTE] Mumble, better voice quality, open source.
whatever discord is shit, and will never convince my friends to switch
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;49588945]whatever discord is shit, and will never convince my friends to switch[/QUOTE] Why is it shit?
[QUOTE=glitchvid;49588943]Mumble, better voice quality, open source.[/QUOTE] Worse UI
[QUOTE=Xyrec;49588966]Why is it shit?[/QUOTE] because fanboys just can't stop talk about it everywhere, and nobody uses it
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;49589000]because fanboys just can't stop talk about it everywhere, and nobody uses it[/QUOTE] Wait, are you serious? You think it's shit because everyone talks about it? :v:
I've never updated Skype so maybe I can still see others' IP addresses. Not that I'd know what to do with them.
[QUOTE=Xyrec;49589013]Wait, are you serious? You think it's shit because everyone talks about it? :v:[/QUOTE] no, because they're trying to shove it down my throat just like other fancy crap
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;49589047]no, because they're trying to shove it down my throat just like other fancy crap[/QUOTE] Have you actually tried using it though? It's one of the best VoIP I've used to date.
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;49589047]no, because they're trying to shove it down my throat just like other fancy crap[/QUOTE] I can only imagine your avatar is the actual face you're making whenever you say these things. "It's dumb because it's popular" and "it's dumb because nobody uses it and the people trying to get other people to use it are annoying"? Seriously?
eh, if i want to talk with family i'll use skype with gaming mates discord anyway, Skype is advertised as basically being used to call family across the world, discord is teamspeak but way better
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;49589000]because fanboys just can't stop talk about it everywhere, and nobody uses it[/QUOTE] "They keep saying it is better, therefore I will not switch to it." Sounds like it's not so much fanboyism as much as it is you're unwilling to try anything new. That's "fine", but that isn't a problem with Discord and totally a major flaw about yourself.
too bad that ts/discord doesn't support sending text messages or calling real phones, otherwise i'd use those, otherwise they're pretty useless to me and "regular" people have never heard of them anyway
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