# 有问题的IP地址字段

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/problematic-ip-address-fields/83785
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** gdpr, privacy
**Created:** [2018年三月25日 07:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problematic-ip-address-fields/83785 "2018-03-25T07:06:34Z")
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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: [2018年三月25日 10:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problematic-ip-address-fields/83785/5 "2018-03-25T10:00:52Z")

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> [@RGJ](#):
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> this is something that will be preventing normal use of Discourse,

Yes, just like the EU’s cookie law prevented use of websites without a cookie notice. Total jurisdictional destruction, worldwide, immediately preventing use of every single website without a cookie notice. 🤦‍♀️

If the argument is that the IP isn’t _necessary_, that is fine, but filing it as a bug will be met with extreme resistance.

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