>An IP address was never supposed to be personally identifiable info. Says who? an IP is absolutely PII from its inception. It's an identifier. "IP X is reques

>An IP address was never supposed to be personally identifiable info. Says who? an IP is absolutely PII from its inception. It's an identifier. "IP X is requesting xxxsite.com? That's assigned to Larry in accounting. Better call HR." >internet will forever be under the control of a few large corps running data centers. It alway was, is, and forever will be. Someone has to host things, this only works at scale. >The real solution here is to completely disconnect an IP address from a person or physical location This is called a VPN. or as I like to call it, an IP tumbler. When the major super powers no longer need it for espionage the current loopholes will be closed. The net became popular, it is by nature easy to abuse, therefore people will regulate it until it is "safe", of course it will only look that way.