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IP addresses are uniquely identifiable, sure, but not personally identifiable.
by dblohm7 5y ago
IP addresses are uniquely identifiable, sure, but not personally identifiable.
- account42 5y agoYou should not be so sure about that. For example see this recent judgement: https://rewis.io/urteile/urteil/lhm-20-01-2022-3-o-1749320/ https://rewis.io/urteile/urteil/lhm-20-01-2022-3-o-1749320/ HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30135264 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30135264 More importantly Mozilla knows that there are people who do not want them to upload this information yet they continue to do it anyway by default without ever asking for consent. Worse, Mozilla keeps adding new leaks that concerned users will have to watch out for and disable after each update. This is of course by no means a problem unique to Mozilla - the software industry as a whole has not yet learned that no means no - but it is also a Mozilla problem and as long as they want to use privacy to market their software they will rightfully receive the loudest criticism. Thankfully laws are beginning to catch up with the digital age and people will have better recourse than asking software vendors nicely to not be mistreated.