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Re:Hackers can get your IP through Skype by just sending a l... by fluoridation on Monday August 28, 2023 @12:01PM (#37296194)
>Says who? an IP is absolutely PII from its inception. It's an identifier. "IP X is requesting xxxsite.com? That's assigned to Larry in accounting. Better call HR."

No, it's locally identifiable information. IP X is assigned to Larry's computer. That might be Larry making that request, but it should be considered a leap in logic to reach that conclusion without more information.

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Re:Hackers can get your IP through Skype by just sending a l... by dragonwriter on Monday August 28, 2023 @12:20PM (#37296499)
Identifiers assigned to objects associated with people, even indirectly, are PII even if it is possible for them to be misleading. PII doesn't require that the information be incapable of being misleading, otherwise almost nothing would be PII.
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