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Lifehacker: A new security flaw can reveal your real IP address, even if you're using a VPN

by Joe Mobley
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Feb. 11, 2015

Unfortunately, a new security flaw can reveal your real IP address to prying eyes, even if you're using a VPN, and it's easy to exploit. Here's how it works, and what you can do about it.
However, a recently discovered security flaw allows remote sites to take advantage of WebRTC (Web Real Time Communication, a feature built in to most browsers) to reveal a user's true IP address, even if they're connected to a VPN.
How to See If Your VPN Is Leaking Your IP Address (and How to Stop It)

Joe Mobley
  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
    That's it, no more watching Bubble Wrap movies online for me then. The shame,the shame..
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  • Profile picture of the author RichBeck
    Interesting..... Safari and Internet Explorer don't have this flaw......
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