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Why do you collect IP address for Telemetry?

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Regarding sharing Mozilla why do Mozilla collect and save IP address for Telemetry?

Regarding sharing Mozilla why do Mozilla collect and save IP address for Telemetry?

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IP addresses have to be collected, that's the nature of the internet. Your IP address is not personally identifiable, as your ISP provides it to you and it will randomly change. IP addresses are only useful in providing the country you are in, nothing else is identifiable.