----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mikael Abrahamsson" <[email protected]>
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Owen DeLong wrote: > > > Europe is a little odd in that way, especially DE and NO in that there > > seems to be this weird FUD running around claiming that static addresses > > are in some way more antithetical to privacy. > > Yes, I agree. I know people who choose provider based on the availability > of static addresses, I know very few who avoid static address ISPs because > of this fact. > > FUD indeed. You guys aren't *near* paranoid enough. :-) If the ISP a) Assigns dynamic addresses to customers, and b) changes those IPs on a relatively short scale (days) then c) outside parties *who are not the ISP or an LEO* will have a relatively harder time tying together two visits solely by the IP address. While this isn't "privacy", per se, that "making harder" is at least somewhat useful to a client in reducing the odds that such non-ISP/LEO parties will be unable to tie their visits, assuming they've controlled the items they *can* control (cookies, flash cookies, etc). Imperfect security != no security, *as long as you know where the holes are*. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274
