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by zrobotics 2192 days ago
I think the negative reaction to your earlier comment comes from your mis-use of the term entropy. A static ip, for purposes of tracking you as an individual, has very, very little entropy (in fact, none) . High entropy would be a dynamic IP that is refreshed from a large pool very often.

Additionally, very few ISPs assign static IPs anymore, not unless you pay 5x the price for a business account. Trackers, by and large, don't really pay much attention to IP, since much more reliable metrics have been implemented. Sure, it probably is used to a small extent, but there are much more effective steps that can be taken.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_%28computing%29?wprov=...

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VPN users get IPs from a small pool, so little entropy. The larger pool you select IP from, the more unique is your IP.