KluEvo@wirebase.orgtoReddit@lemmy.world•Reddit keeps your IP address for at least 4 months!English
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1 year agoNot 100% applicable here, but some websites use stored ip addresses as a safety measure, since a stored ip address’ location can be compared against that of the current login attempt. This way, a guy trying to steal your account from the other side of the world would be flagged and you’d be alerted via email and such.
Albert Einstein was a college professor for a large chunk of his life (Bern, ETH Zurich, etc) I think he should get a pass.