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Re:Apple redirects Google Safe Browsing traffic through prox... by michaelt on Friday February 12, 2021 @03:29AM (#26111714)
> IP addresses on their own aren't a problem

I'm the only person using my IP address, ergo it's personally identifiable. Seems pretty clear cut to me?

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Re:Apple redirects Google Safe Browsing traffic through prox... by politelemon on Saturday February 13, 2021 @08:29AM (#26123491)
Not at all. IP addresses are not PII under any definition. Feel free to browse CCPA, GDPR, etc. Even without those regulations, it's still not PII as it takes just a few seconds to enumerable every IP address. If it actually were PII, you would have controls in place to prevent it leaving your device in the first place.

IP addresses are only when identifiable metadata is linked with it. I can only guess that you are being deliberately obtuse on this - I had momentarily forgotten that I was on HN so my comments weren't welcome sadly.

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