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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, Robert Bridge <robert@××××××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Anti-spam for goose
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 12:08:25
Message-Id: ca219b2f5e100466dc61987665ef2a4e5dc09538.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Anti-spam for goose by Ulrich Mueller
1 On Thu, 2020-05-21 at 13:57 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
2 > > > > > > On Thu, 21 May 2020, Robert Bridge wrote:
3 > > On Thu, 21 May 2020 at 09:47, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
4 > > > Option 1: IP-based limiting
5 > > > ===========================
6 > > >
7 > > Preface this with IANAL, check with your own legal counsel...
8 > > While IP address based methods might be attractive technically, do
9 > > remember that an IP address is considered Personally Identifiable in
10 > > European Data Protection law.
11 > > The fact submissions require an action by the user will probably be
12 > > sufficient to be explicit consent, any system storing these details should
13 > > allow for the use to revoke their consent: If you collect anything
14 > > personally identifiable, you will need to provide a mechanism for users to
15 > > request the removal of all their submissions.
16 > > Tread carefully with this project. :)
17 >
18 > You don't have to store any IP addresses, you can store a cryptographic
19 > hash like their b2sum (salted if necessary).
20 >
21
22 Yes, this is as great as storing hashes of phone numbers ;-).
23
24 --
25 Best regards,
26 Michał Górny

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