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Chatroulette, the anonymous video chat service that has captured the Internet’s imagination (and free time), is known for wanton nudity and crazy stunts. That’s because of the “anonymous” part of Chatroulette. You can be anyone you want, and you can wear anything you want (or not)! However, Chatroulette isn’t as anonymous as we previously supposed.

A new site called Chatroulette Map has begun the process of matching IP addresses with locations and screenshots. That means you can see, on a map, where that weird naked guy, attractive dude, or fake Jonas Brother was really chatting from. It’s not a real-time service (yet), but the database has nearly 2500 screenshots mapped as I write this.

So, think twice next time you take your ‘personal belongings’ out on camera. It might just put you on the map.

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Chatroulette Map exposes the locations of your “anonymous” chat partners originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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