The inherent flaw is thinking that “privacy” is something that the courts are capable of providing. They aren’t. The most that government/courts could possibly do is make it illegal to generally and indiscriminately retain IP address records. But that only protects you from law-abiding privacy invaders; it does nothing to protect you from criminals who would use that information nefariously.
When you take adequate and appropriate steps to secure your privacy, it doesn’t actually matter what the courts have to say about “privacy”.
Kissaki@beehaw.org 4 months ago
From the article-linked ruling press release - what it means in practice, what this was about:
I find the ruling press release is much more understandable (and much more informative) than the OP-linked article.
boatswain@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Definitely; OP’s linked article doesn’t have any quotes that refer to copyright, while this one of yours adds a lot of context that was otherwise missing. There’s a world of difference between allowing retention of IP addresses and creating a cleaning house for IPs suspected of distributing works.
barsoap@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Which just opens more questions: How long are ISPs allowed/required to store customer IPs, and then what happens if I have an open wifi: Can they just assume that I did it or declare me responsible anyway, that is, is it possible for a private individual to enjoy ISP privileges?
wizzim@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Yes if I remember the Hadopi correctly, your are responsible for securing your access point and liable for any use made out of it.
Kissaki@beehaw.org 4 months ago
If you read more of the ruling, the ruling allows EU nations to impose requirements on ISPs. So the storage duration would be up to national law. (Which of course one may call into question bring before court on whether they are too long.)