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Denise ([staff profile] denise) wrote in [site community profile] dw_suggestions 2011-08-10 02:46 pm (UTC)

Yeah, I've thought about this a lot recently (the problem of some people's IP geolocation information being/feeling more invasive due to population density, accuracy of geolocation data, etc) and I honestly haven't been able to come up with much, except to encourage education about what IP address information can do/contain/identify and reinforcing to people that if it's a privacy/safety issue they should never browse the internet unproxied. (and this is probably something that should go into a FAQ, but docs in general are totally sliding way down my priority list lately.) Because anything other than that really is a false sense of security, and I think catering to a false sense of security is worse than active dismissal of privacy concerns -- because at least with active dismissal, you're at least having the conversation, you know?

Too many conflicting issues :/

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