Jack,
Here we go again. What a shame. I am only pointing out functions on forums and why those who developed the software gave the options to view such a thing. Sometimes I wonder who I am really responding to here...
The "logged" function on this site has been activated by Florian, I assume when he created the site. It is an option not available to those who post here. Only the forum administrator and moderators have access to the IP address when someone posts. Everyime you visit any site on the internet, your IP address is logged on the server. This is done for a reason. Forums such as this one, gives the administrator and moderators the option to view the IP address of those who post. I highly doubt that Florian or Char have ever even looked, or know why it is there. It is there for protection as well as to gain info. to learn what the part of the world people are accessing your site from. Unless you know what to do with the IP address, it is meaningless to just simply view it.
IP addresses are logged because they can be evidence for those people who have become victims of computer viruses, hacking etc. It's a security function that to be quite frank, in this day and age is almost a must when having people from all over the world accessing a website.
Your IP address does change, but not that often. For example, if someone was posting all sorts of foul language etc. on this forum, what can you do about it? If you say nothing, your wrong. By knowing the IP address, You can find out who provides that person with internet service and possibly what neighborhood they live in to narrow down the troublemaker (note-you cannot get personal info., addresses, names etc. from the IP address). You simply contact their ISP, they investigate where they have been on the internet and if guilty, their ISP will ban them from the internet. This happens everyday.
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