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Originally posted by Jarrod
I think you can still do it, if a direct connection is created, and JA, I don't think it's illegal to get someones IP it is a public address after all, and every time you visit a thread that I posted in, I have your IP anyway 
Yes that should be possible. I might spend a bit of time after the fireworks display tonight that can match names to an IP address. Only as a proof of concept thing.
If I remember rightly, a direct connection does need to be made, which can mean a file transfer etc, but I think the new protocol tends to use them more often to lighten the load on the servers. If this is the case I think a lot of protocol messages will trigger a direct connection such as JOI (opening a convo) and possibly grabbing display picture too.
The display picture is how I used to check for offline contacts, but since this new protocol change it hasn't worked 100%
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