Twitch help

[_Grid21]

First off to any moderators, I am asking this question in a effort to better protect myself and other friends I know online and get educated about this subject

 

A friend of mine was streaming on Twitch when all of a sudden, he told me a strange viewer came into chat and asked about where he lived (as this odd person seem to know already) and asked about the ISP company he was with. My friend of course banned and reported this viewer to twitch to which he said that the viewer's channel got shut down quickly. Afterward, he asked me, how does someone just get your IP from Twitch like that? What can he do to better protect his connection to twitch so his internet doesn't get hit with DdoS attacks. How does someone get your IP so easy like that from Twitch.TV? I and my friend would be most grateful if someone could please answer this.

 

Thanks in advance.

[manikyath]

if you're really foil, you can always stream trough a vpn, preferably a box you rent yourself, for bandwidth stability.

[_Grid21]

if you're really foil, you can always stream trough a vpn, preferably a box you rent yourself, for bandwidth stability.

But how does someone random just pick up your IP address that easily? 

[manikyath]

But how does someone random just pick up your IP address that easily? 

theres always ways, and the answer to this is pretty simple: script kiddies or social engineering.

i'll explian:

 

script kiddies: the bane of every decent person on the internet, these people generally are male age 14-16, and think they're amazing because they can "hack" using other people's tools.  -- these are the kinds of people that pay for a DDoS tool.

 

social engineering: the only tool this requires is social skills. said person could just simply read or heard the country your friend was in, and guessed his ISP by the ones available in the before mentioned country. very good "social engineers" could also squeeze the ISP and perhaps more out of a friend, fellow streamer, etc.

[Bittenfleax]

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He could of been in the same server (if your friend was on a multiplayer game)?

[LogicalDrm]

I doubt they get streamers IP from Twitch.tv. Twitchs acts like portal, same way like YT. If your friends IP was exposed, it was done by some other way. I mean, if the random user would already know the IP, then they wouldn't need to ask where user lives or what ISP they use. You can find those from IP. If you think more popular streamers who get swatted. Those streamers use other services like Skype or even game they are playing (plus twitter, FB etc.) that have known holes. Or with Twitter and FB, ask to share location while making update.

I can be wrong about this. nut I haven't heard that using Twitch would make you vulnerable for DDoS or more personal attacks.

[_Grid21]

He could of been in the same server (if your friend was on a multiplayer game)?

We where all playing Minecraft on the Hive Server. (which is a multiplayer server).

[Bittenfleax]

We where all playing Minecraft on the Hive Server. (which is a multiplayer server).

Oh right, he could of clicked on a link? I know there are grabbers that can get it if someone clicks the link, it also says their ISP

[_Grid21]

Oh right, he could of clicked on a link? I know there are grabbers that can get it if someone clicks the link, it also says their ISP

He didn't do any of that. He was just streaming as normal. As soon as this guy said "if your internet went down, would you be mad". Then the slowness happened after my friend banned the guy. 

[Bittenfleax]

He didn't do any of that. He was just streaming as normal. As soon as this guy said "if your internet went down, would you be mad". Then the slowness happened after my friend banned the guy. 

Oh right, probably some script kiddie 

[_Grid21]

Oh right, probably some script kiddie 

Is there a way to get your skype name of the public listing?

[LogicalDrm]

Is there a way to get your skype name of the public listing?

Thats the way Skype address database works. Since you can search for username, real name and city.