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by nocoiner
1043 days ago
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I saw some early reactions to this paper that were highly critical of the researchers, and claimed that they were doxxing innocent people. Without commenting on the substance of the posts to that board, that just seems factually incorrect to me. First, there’s the simple fact that an IP address is not an individual (yeah that’s right EU, I went there). Second, this was quite clever but fundamentally simple analysis of 100% publicly available information. If I keep posting online various pictures taken from the windows of my house, I don’t think I have any right to get mad when someone geolocates my address. |
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As far as I can tell an IP address is Personally Identifiable information as far as GDPR is concerned, but it's not an individual. E.g. media companies here have a LOT of trouble trying to sue people who torrent, as IP logs are not considered enough evidence.