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How does Kik connect it's users, P2P or client-server.
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2016-10-24 at 4:15 AM UTCSay i had android in VM, and say i had Kik up in that VM, now imagine if i added you on Kik, if you are not running any anonymizing software like Orbot or a VPN but are connecting to me bare IP would i be able to get your IP with a tool like Wireshark?
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2016-10-24 at 4:19 AM UTChttps://www.quora.com/What-is-the-technology-behind-Kik-Messenger
these guys are guessing XMPP based on sniffed data, so the same protocol google uses - client/server, usually tls-encrypted from the user to the server but if they were able to sniff it, I guess not -
2016-10-24 at 4:23 AM UTCskimming over different sources it seems to me that they're using XMPP but have hacked the protocol so it no longer complies with the standard
XMPP allows for direct connections for file transfers if both users allow it, but I would suspect kik does not use that feature given the sort of law enforcement complaints that come up -
2016-10-24 at 4:24 AM UTC
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-te...-Kik-Messenger
these guys are guessing XMPP based on sniffed data, so the same protocol google uses - client/server, usually tls-encrypted from the user to the server but if they were able to sniff it, I guess not
Ah yes.
[greentext]>Kik Messenger is using XMPP and some simple username obfuscation for whatever reason (presumably to stop casual users from connecting with a non-standard client) . Their >implementation is *really* chatty and wasteful when sending or receiving all those "your friend is typing..." messages. It could be a lot more efficient considering the limited dataplans >most users will have to live with. For the curious, they are running Tigase XMPP/Jabber Server[/greentext]
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2016-10-24 at 4:26 AM UTCI should have just googled this. Thanks though.
