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1. xvecto+W4[view] [source] 2021-06-05 22:32:49
>>lxm+(OP)
I wish services didn't store IPs at all.

If abuse is an issue, why not hash the IP with a nonce?

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2. Genera+V7[view] [source] 2021-06-05 23:02:08
>>xvecto+W4
Anti-spam/anti-abuse operations often look a lot like tracking. There's no point in knowing a single request's IP, or a single user's; to spot the patterns, you have to be able to join it with others.
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