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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by NDizzle on Thursday April 19, 2018 @11:26AM (#16876686)
You don't want to log access requests to your web servers based on IP? I disagree with you at pretty much the lowest, most fundamental level.
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by s73v3r_ on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:04PM (#16877636)
If you do, then ask the user.
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by morgante on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:05PM (#16877659)
Explain how you ask the user whether you can get their IP address when any such request requires receiving their IP address.

This is draconian legislation which unnecessarily causes many more problems than it solves.

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