Thread:Gen. Grievous1138/@comment-99.2.139.128-20170212031428/@comment-25101690-20170217204525

I don't think there is anything illegal or even "shady" about publishing IPs of visitors. Any page you visit sees the IP. If you don't want it to be public, you should use a VPN or TOR connection. Yes, there are better solutions for distinguishing multiple anonymous users (eg. simply feeding the IP to a hash function) but it's far from the offense you make it sound like.