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His most famous video claimed to show viewers "how to get anyone's IP address" using a "highly advanced" method. In reality, he just opened the Windows command prompt and ran the tracert command. The "Hacking" Technique

The comedy—and the reason the video went viral on sites like Reddit —came from his explanation of how tracert worked: Nextgenhacker101 Tracert

He told his audience that by typing tracert followed by a website name (like Google), he was "hacking" into their servers to reveal secret connection points. His most famous video claimed to show viewers

If you're actually interested in how the tool works without the "hacker" theatrics, experts on Hacker News and YouTube explain that it's a simple way to find where a network connection is failing. Nextgenhacker101 Tracert