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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by jdnenej on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @07:39PM (#21644258)
IP addresses are only PII if attached to other information. I can generate a list of IP addresses and store/sell that data and it's all fine because its meaningless without associated data.
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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by mirimir on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @08:20PM (#21644467)
The other information is "using Atom".
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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by jdnenej on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @08:37PM (#21644554)
It's still impossible to link that to an individual unless they sold it to another company that has more info on the address.
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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by mirimir on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:04PM (#21644685)
Or bought the data.

I'm like 99% sure that datasets are available that link IP addresses to all sorts of PII. And then there are third-party cookies and other trackers.

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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by joepie91_ on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @07:00PM (#21653428)
Yes, and that possibility is enough to make this fall under the GDPR.
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