(a little off topic diversion)

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 06:22:17PM +1000, Gryllida wrote: 
> An IP, as a fundamental identifier, has as much to do with privacy 
> as a car number you see on a street. (Anyone can look up a name by 
> car number, in my area, which I expect to be common.)

Actually numberplates were originally conceived as a privacy 
enhancing technology. The first numberplates had peoples' names on 
them, but that was considered too intrusive.

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