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CIA tracing those IPv44 addresses (feddit.uk)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 69 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

I never raised any eyebrows at IPs like these in movies and on TV. It's just internet equivalent of fictitious phone numbers always containing 555.

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  • [–] 40 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah by using out-of-bounds numbers they avoid accidentally listing legitimate values who might get upset or free advertising

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    They could just use IPv6. Legitimately values or not no one is going to understand them, much less get upset by them.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    The attack was coming from ::1

    Or if that's too unbelievable, fe80:: has some scary implications while also not likely to ever be a real device.

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