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tutre
on April 27, 2012
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Skype IP Lookup
it even show my local 192.168... weird
BUT HOW?
zhovner
on April 27, 2012
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Skype announce both your IP's into network.
TazeTSchnitzel
on April 28, 2012
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Presumably for LAN efficiency? If you have two people on LAN using Skype it goes via LAN IP?
zhovner
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Also if run several clients it shows them all.
wib
on April 27, 2012
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So if you keep several clients open in different places, it's at least harder to determine which IP reflects your current location, right?
Juha
on April 28, 2012
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That's scary if they really show the local IP. It becomes quite handy tool for hackers. If they have breached any computer in a company network and want to target the CEO's computer next they can just use Skype to get his IP.
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