- From: Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 15:06:53 +0200
- To: Joshua Cornejo <josh@marketdata.md>, public-solid <public-solid@w3.org>
Quoting Joshua Cornejo (2025-05-22 14:32:55) > I think the myth of IP privacy only works in hacking movies. I assume we can agree that "privacy" here means personal control over the knowledge. I agree that the knowledge about which geoposition to nuke if they want to erradicate me is not in my control (given a large enough nuke). Similar to how obfuscating email addresses to avoid spam is futile: you *want* your email address and your IP address to be identifiable for many types of communication to function properly. I disagree, however, that there is zero privacy in an IP address. E.g. knowledge about *when* to nuke the geoposition identified as "me" is still somewhat in my control: It involves me revealing through making reasonably personalized activity originating from said IP number. Do I fear someone nuking me? Not really. But I do care about privacy. Happy for you that you have "nothing to hide", Joshua - but please do respect that some of us still have interest in knowledge agency. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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