Temporary accounts replace the practice of identifying unregistered editors by their IP addresses, which are no longer exposed publicly for their privacy and se

Temporary accounts replace the practice of identifying unregistered editors by their IP addresses, which are no longer exposed publicly for their privacy and security. [...] The accounts have the effect of obscuring the connection of unregistered editors to their IPs to casual viewers. [Admins are still] able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range. They were enabled on English Wikipedia on 4 November 2025.