# Users can discover IPs of other users via chat plugin (fix hotlinking protection)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-discover-ips-of-other-users-via-chat-plugin-fix-hotlinking-protection/375405
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [July 23, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-discover-ips-of-other-users-via-chat-plugin-fix-hotlinking-protection/375405 "2025-07-23T10:02:14Z")
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### Author: ![phoenix1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@phoenix1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/phoenix1)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-discover-ips-of-other-users-via-chat-plugin-fix-hotlinking-protection/375405/14 "2026-05-19T22:58:01Z")

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I would have to agree, for something as serious as IP address exposure, it really deserves at least a response from the developers. 🤔 Discourse is great software but this is a big problem…

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