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by timseverien 1170 days ago
I reviewed the source-code before adding them to the site. I can’t say for sure IP addresses aren’t stored server-side, so we have to trust them that they don’t, but most tools do find creative ways to get some kind of unique and persistent IDs. For example, Astro computes a hash for the git repository remote URL, and Storybook computes an ID by hashing the first commit hash in the repo.
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The intent of the GDPR is to prevent the act of non-consensual tracking and not some specific technical method of achieving that, so even a deterministic ID generation method that doesn't rely on any client-side storage would still be in scope, as would a hypothetical crystal ball if it worked better than random chance at reidentifying a unique user.