Chatroulette To Log IP Addresses, Take Screenshots

littlekorea writes "Chatroulette, the strangely addictive online game in which users are connected via webcam and microphone to random strangers at the click of a button, has had enough of users exposing themselves to the unsuspecting public, among other disgraces. The founder of Chatroulette has announced the company has hired developers to collect IP addresses and take screenshots of those users breaking the rules."

Re:And Then What Will You Do With It?

[Chrisq]

Do you really think any law enforcement agency has the resources to investigate thousands of complaints with little more than a screenshot of someone's junk and their IP address?

Maybe if the IP address resolved to Whitehouse.gov. Don't you miss Bill Clinton?

Re:pr0n

[Reilaos]

Worse yet, a screenshot of one of those child-flashers winds up used in one of those "grow your penis 4 inches in a week" ads.

9 proxies

[jDeepbeep]

I went through them. Good luck.

Re:And Then What Will You Do With It?

[RMS Eats Toejam]

I think we all just learned a little something about littlekorea.

Chatroulette might have a lot of penises, but you're the biggest dick around these parts.

The internet has RULES?

[whoda]

How come nobody told me this 15 years ago.

Re:And Then What Will You Do With It?

[gazbo]

Personally I've used the service precisely once. Discovering what happened during that usage is left as an exercise to the reader.

You told a 13 year old girl to show boobs?

Re:And Then What Will You Do With It?

[sunking2]

That just doesn't say a whole lot about Bill's stamina.

Re:The internet has RULES?

[NevarMore]

Yep, and if you violate them you can be sent to cyber jail.

http://failblog.org/2010/07/16/epic-fail-video-understanding-of-the-internet-fail-2/ [failblog.org]

Re:And Then What Will You Do With It?

[egcagrac0]

What ever happened to the recognition software? Has that already fallen through? Too many false positives? Light problems?

Junk recognition software?

"...just because the pictures aren't of your faces doesn't mean we can't identify you. At this very moment those pictures are on their way to Washington where the FBI has experts in this type of identification. If you turn yourselves in now, you may escape a Federal charge. "

Re:Yeah, great idea

[duguk]

Don't put roulette in the name if it has rules.

Seriously? I've got some people to inform then...

BRB - Gone to Las Vegas...

Idiot.

Re:And Then What Will You Do With It?

[Hoi Polloi]

So instead of a steady live stream of male genitalia pix they will be compiling an archive of genitalia pix?

Re:And Then What Will You Do With It?

[hldn]

the internet is for porn.

expect to see penises around every corner.

Re:master-bait and switch

[iamnobody2]

i thought the creator of this site was Mr Wong from Wong Burger, and it seemed like he knew what he was doing. It does take a lot of dicks to make a dickship.

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[fishexe]

...terrible idea made hilarious by human failings. Who really wants to sit around talking to strangers knowing they will probably just hit Next right when you're starting to get interested? It's like it was made for the hopelessly desperate. The inclusion of penises is what makes the whole thing worthwhile, because now the rest of us get to hear about how the optimistic early-adopters got punked by the horndogs.