On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Kim Bruning kim@bruning.xs4all.nl wrote:
I noticed that my current IPv6 address appears to be assigned dynamically by XS4ALL. I can probably get static if I choose it. But the dynamic assignment option does alleviate some people's privacy concerns, right?
One particular concern, which isn't really much different from IPv4.
And in something like 90% of browser configurations, you're already giving out a semi-static unique string with every request anyway. (see https://panopticlick.eff.org/)
The bigger concern for WMF is the possibility for increased privacy.
ps. We all know that everyone needs to switch to IPv6 eventually.
Unless IPv7 or IPv8 comes out first.