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closewith on April 29, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: A single line of code cost $8000

You definitely can, although it would be unlawful under the GDPR without user consent, so you could never release the figures publicly.

ahtihn on April 29, 2025 [–]

It wouldn't if you're not tracking user identity.

Websites get this data pretty much by default and they don't need consent for it.

closewith on April 29, 2025 | [–]

If you're deduplicating via IP or any other identifier, then it will be subject to the requirement for a legal basis.

alpaca128 on April 30, 2025 | | [–]

How so? You could just store a hashsum instead of an identifier.

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