Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) flipped the switch on its new IPv4 address pricing scheme on February 1 as it had announced months prior. The new policy means...

Amazon finds $1B jackpot in its 100 million+ IPv4 address stockpile | The tech giant has cited ballooning costs associated with IPv4 addresses::undefined

  • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    They still wouldn’t. A single computer address is not an individual. They’re only slightly better off compared to knowing the edge router IP like they do now.

    If you really want to protect against that, then use a proxy or an onion router. NAT was never meant to do this, and it does it poorly.

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      A single computer address is not an individual.

      It is extremely likely to be the same user. Shared computers are rare today.

      • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        So what? They still don’t have much more information than the edge router IP. Again, if you want to protect yourself here, use a proxy, onion router, or VPN. NAT is not designed to tackle this, and does it poorly.