Comments on: Bug in Google Talk’s Invisible Status Feature

By: Rahul Bansal

Rahul Bansal — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:05:59 +0000

@Rahul
This bug is of a nature which will not allow itself to be exploited using services like 4invisbile.com
But if we happen to discover anything in futrue, we will surely post about it!

By: Rahul

Rahul — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:53:07 +0000

So, i’m really interested to know if there are any websites like 4invisible.com so that we can find out the ppl whose status are “invisible”

By: Rahul Bansal

Rahul Bansal — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:30:23 +0000

@Anirudh
I never encountered such problem with any IM network in my life.
Of course it is possible such things can happen but again they will be rectified with highest priority.

By: Anirudh

Anirudh — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:42:44 +0000

@Rahul
Ya, you got point. But question is its not a normal protocol bug since i haven’t encountered it with normal gmail or gtalk client.

@Inquisite
Try this. But it’s just a thought. Unblock him and take chat off the record and then block him.
In this case you got two protections - invisible + block
Sorry, i know it sounds silly, but still nothing hard in giving it a try. Also, only because of this silly attempts, i discovered this invisible hack.

By: Inquisitive

Inquisitive — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:35:37 +0000

@Rahul:
Bug or no bug.. I am still gettin the messages..

By: Rahul Bansal

Rahul Bansal — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:31:43 +0000

@Anirudh -
I think once you block a person on any IM network, he must not be able to send you chat on that IM network anyway.
If he does succeed, that will be regarded as a bug in network.protocol which again will be fixed immediately.

By: Anirudh

Anirudh — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:24:18 +0000

@Inquisite
I believe he must using some other client like pidgin to send you chat.
I have heard that it lets you find persons who has blocked you on G-talk or yahoo. But i am not sure if it allows you to send message to that person.

By: Rahul Bansal

Rahul Bansal — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:17:22 +0000

@gar -
Read this post! Thats all u can do…

By: gar

gar — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:32:04 +0000

how can i know who online among offline

By: Deepak Jain

Deepak Jain — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:27:40 +0000

@Inquisitive -
You have started puzzling us aswell..

As of now, I have never come across any such instances.. Hope too soon I’ll get updates about it. Will let you know then.