Metrics and your privacy

[Andy Green]

Alan wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:18:01 +0000 (UTC)
> Jack Spaar <jspaar at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>> Unique identifier tracking is an unnecessary invasion of privacy.
> 
> UUIDs are recognized as a *less* invasive mechanism for counting than the
> use of IP addresses and mirror logs. The latter may well identify

Isn't it the case that the activity on the mirror is the interesting 
thing, not the identity or IP address of the person initiating it? 
Doesn't geolocating the IP (even that is optional) and then discarding 
the IP, and grepping the log for GETs deliver what is wanted without 
anything else needed either end?

-Andy