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Comment by sneak

Normal police work doesn't go fishing for the IP addresses (potentially millions of users) of everyone who downloaded a package.

> "IP download logs of any Python Package Index (PyPI) packages uploaded by..." given usernames

Do you feel the same way if the cops are receiving the IPs of everyone who downloaded yt-dlp? IP addresses and timestamps resolve to physical locations and oftentimes street addresses.

parent sneak 3 years ago

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