[VWWHFSfQ]

> an IP address meaningfully identifies a single editor

I'm fairly certain that the GDPR believes an IP address is PII and imposes a bunch of fairly onerous restrictions on how network administrators are able to log and analyze them. So it doesn't seem like that ship has sailed at all. If anything it's been reinforced by actual law that it _does_ meaningfully identify someone.

[NovemberWhiskey]

The GDPR also protects your name that way too, despite the fact that it might actually identify a multitude of different people (like if you're called John Smith). It does so on the basis that it may under some circumstances be sufficient to identify you personally; same for IP address.

It is very seldom in my experience the case that legislation tells us anything at all about what is true about technology.