↳ In-reply-to » @prologic idk I tend to think that "reading something on some random person's web site" and "telling some random person where I live to within a mile or two" ought to be distinct things I get to choose independently....

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the Internet kind of requires IP Addresses to even function in the first place

True, but a VPN can be used to mask your real IP address because all of your network traffic is relayed through another computer with a different IP address.

p2p protocols like WebRTC require peer addresses to be able to communicate with one another

In principle, yes, but they don’t need to be able to communicate directly as long as both clients can communicate with a TURN server. At least, that’s how I understand it.