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graemepyesterday at 6:44 PM2 repliesview on HN

Most home users do not have a static public IPv4 address - they have a single address that changes over time.


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db48xyesterday at 8:09 PM

But most ISPs aren’t giving out static IPv6 prefixes either. Instead they are collecting logs of what addresses they’ve handed out to which customer and holding on to them for years and years in case a court requests them. Tracking visitors doesn’t need to use ip addresses simply because it’s trivial to do so with cookies or browser fingerprinting. There’s exactly zero privacy either way.

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throw0101cyesterday at 9:49 PM

> Most home users do not have a static public IPv4 address - they have a single address that changes over time.

I'd be curious to know the statistics on this: I would hazard to guess that for most ISPs, if your router/modem does not reboot, your IPv4 address (and IPv6 prefix) will not change.