Internet is a global village where people from around the world are connected with seamless connections. Users can share resources, do research and find information on almost everything. It also allows users to connect with friends and family. But with so many people on the internet they are also looking forward towards internet to make friends. On the other hand user security and privacy is also at risk as bad guys are also getting social.
Chatroulette is a website that connects users with strangers and allows them to livechat. The website offers service free of cost and it is open to everyone. The website connects one user randomly with another user who is a complete stranger. One user can connect to another user randomly selected by the system. It may sound interesting but it is also important to realize that social networks are being targeted by spammers.
The website was designed by a teenager from Russia named Andrew Ternovskiy. The basic concept of the website arises from a popular chat client Skype. According to the founder of the website there are more than 1.5-million users. The website has also been featured in number of popular magazines and newspapers in USA. According to estimate 33% users belongs to USA and the website has also been featured in television programs.
It is also interesting to know that according to RJMetrics 89% of the users are male. It is also estimated that about 70% of users are adults. However it is impossible to predict the next coming stranger viewing your webcam.
On the other hand most of the contents on the website are R-rated and the website now requires users to be at least 18-years of age. However the website also restricts users from publishing contents violating the terms of website. Users receiving similar contents on the site from a user can now report abuse. Interestingly three users complaining about the same user restricts this user from the website for around 40-minutes. In some cases it may also increase to an hour. Chatroulette allows online chatting with strangers while offering users to volunteer the service to report about users violating website terms of use.
Security and Privacy Concern
However it is also a concern for parents to see with whom their children are chatting with. There are also concerns of IP being exposed to strangers but the management of the website has decided to keep it secret for now. In fact with the increased risk of IP and location being exposed users are now more cautious about their identity.
Related to security and the bad thing of cam, one time ago as reported by Sophos, there’s a perverted hacker who spied upon more than 200 women via their webcams and microphones after infecting their computers with malware. So keep safe, and do not let you became a victim.
Sites Like Chatroulette
And then, there are any other sites like Chatroulette who marked as red by WOT community or the visitors, like youcam.com or camlive.com, and camzap.com (another varian of camzap.com with similar interface is babezap.com).
Stay alert when you do a live chat with strangers, and don’t forget about your security and the privacy concern.
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