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Re:Amazon owns more than $2B worth of IPv4 addresses by bluesign on Saturday December 12, 2020 @06:55AM (#25397696)
This is the one of the best (if not the best) solution out there I tried so far, congratulations. I am very happy to see it is from fellow HNer.
Re:Amazon owns more than $2B worth of IPv4 addresses by rdbell on Saturday December 12, 2020 @08:05AM (#25398010)
Thanks for the encouragement! I think I found your username in our DB, and I've added extra bandwidth credits to your account :)
Re:Amazon owns more than $2B worth of IPv4 addresses by saalweachter on Saturday December 12, 2020 @10:53AM (#25398975)
I know you're being nice here, and I have no idea if that particular user cared, but like, as someone who has to take frequent user data/trust/privacy/handling trainings, like, don't ever do that.

Firstly, you really want to engineer your systems as much as possible so that you can't look at any PII -- and that includes things like usernames that aren't displayed to the public, and maybe even ones that are! -- as an administrator of your system, without going through some sort of "break glass in case of emergency" process that leaves an audit trail with a clear policy of when it is acceptable.

Second, even if you have access for job-related tasks, you shouldn't spontaneously try to tie user accounts to outside identities; that should be like line 4 or 5 in your data access policy. The right way to do the above would be something like saying "Thanks for vouching for us! If you message me your username @XYZ, I'll add some extra bandwidth credits to your account. :)"; that turns the interaction/demasking into something voluntary on the user's behalf, rather than you creepily stalking them through your user DB.

Re:Amazon owns more than $2B worth of IPv4 addresses by johnx123-up on Saturday December 12, 2020 @08:47AM (#25398186)
I can't find the pricing anywhere. How much do they charge?
Re:Amazon owns more than $2B worth of IPv4 addresses by abc03 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @10:07AM (#25398638)
1 USD/GB which is cheap