# Hide IPs behind a button like emails

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-ips-behind-a-button-like-emails/241991>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [October 15, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-ips-behind-a-button-like-emails/241991 "2022-10-15T18:52:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-ips-behind-a-button-like-emails/241991/4 "2022-10-15T19:15:52Z")

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If anything the opposite is true. You sign up for an email address and own that account. If the account is attacked then the consequences can be significant. Attack a mailbox just right and the user can lose access to it permanently.

IPs are allocated to you from a pool and your last IP will change as you move between devices and networks - home/school/work/cell connection and coffee shop for example.

I would be much more concerned about who you allow to see your users data, than their ability to unmask an IP address.

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