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users:faq [2020/05/22 17:37] – persistent groupchats have been completed including support of most active clients for a while already skeleton1users:faq [2020/06/07 23:42] (current) – [Does Tox have plugin support?] note about Toxygen, and a disclaimer skeleton1
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 ==== Does Tox have plugin support? ==== ==== Does Tox have plugin support? ====
-Currently Tox does not support plugins, though this feature may be added later on. +Currently, the only Tox client that supports plugins is [[clients:toxygen|Toxygen]]. However, Toxygen is not as well-maintained as the popular clients, and its development is currently stalled.
 ==== Does Tox leak my IP address? ==== ==== Does Tox leak my IP address? ====
 Tox makes no attempt to cloak your IP address when communicating with other users, as the whole point of peer-to-peer is to connect you directly to your friends. A workaround does exist in the form of [[users:Tox over Tor (ToT)|tunneling your Tox connections through Tor]]. However, a user cannot uncover another user's IP address using only a Tox ID to find the user in the DHT, the IP address will only be discernible when the users become "friends." [[https://gist.github.com/irungentoo/cb0a9b07131e95be1e64|1]] Tox makes no attempt to cloak your IP address when communicating with other users, as the whole point of peer-to-peer is to connect you directly to your friends. A workaround does exist in the form of [[users:Tox over Tor (ToT)|tunneling your Tox connections through Tor]]. However, a user cannot uncover another user's IP address using only a Tox ID to find the user in the DHT, the IP address will only be discernible when the users become "friends." [[https://gist.github.com/irungentoo/cb0a9b07131e95be1e64|1]]

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