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by progval 3006 days ago
> WebRTC IP Leak: Your local IP: 10.41.41.2 .

> Your browser supports WebRTC! Your real IP address is visible to every website you visit.

>

> Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) is enabled by default in Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome, and enables video chat, voice calling and P2P sharing from within your browser.

> A neat trick, but it allows any website to instantly see your true IP address. The only way to avoid sharing your IP address this way is to disable WebRTC completely.

Nope, that's not my "real" IP address

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Nope, that's not my "real" IP address

Reminds me a bit of this old story: http://sirkan.iit.bme.hu/~kapolnai/fun/bitchecker.html

FWIW, the link did not work for me, but archive.org has a copy. It was hysterical!!! :)