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Quip anonymize IP in comments - DSGVO

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    mediengaarage Reply #1, 5 years, 10 months ago
    How is it possible that the user's IP address is made anonymous. So that it's DSGVO-compliant
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      BobRay Reply #2, 5 years, 10 months ago
      My limited understanding is that you have no control over whether the IP gets sent by the user's browser. I assume that you only need to make sure the IP is not saved on your site. I also can't imagine a way for the authorities to know whether your site saves the IP addresses or not, short of a subpoena demanding your code and/or database.

      As an aside, how can we possibly protect a site from hackers, scrapers, and DDOS attacks if we can't save IP addresses?
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        Hans Svensson Reply #3, 5 years, 10 months ago
        Patch core/components/quip/processors/web/comment/create.php and comment line 118

        $comment->set('ip',$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

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