# Possible to not log user IP addresses?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-not-log-user-ip-addresses/46502
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 27, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-not-log-user-ip-addresses/46502 "2016-06-27T11:52:14Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-not-log-user-ip-addresses/46502/10 "2016-06-27T20:58:38Z")

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Another idea is to intercept the IP lookup call and replace it with a modified, random version of the “real” IP (so every request doesn’t appear to come from the same IP, or a totally random IP). That would probably be safest in my opinion.

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