Making public probes’ IP addresses public in web interface
Hello, We made a change a few weeks ago to the RIPE Atlas web interface to align it more closely with the API. As a result, you can now see the IP addresses for public probes, regardless of whether you are a logged in user or not. This information is displayed on the public probes’ detailed information pages, under the “Network” tab. Previously, public probes' IP addresses were not shown, even for logged in users. Nothing has changed in the API or the web interface for probes that are not shared publicly. We understand that some of you were surprised by this change and we apologise for not communicating it earlier. However, I want to make it clear that the IP addresses of public probes have always been available via the API, whether you are a logged in user or not. We decided to include it via the web interface so that our users could access the same information regardless of which interface they decide to use. RIPE Atlas is meant to be a public platform that openly provides data to everyone interested. In this spirit, we encourage everyone to make their probes public. However, if you decide that you *don’t* want to share your probe publicly, you can change this setting by going to your probe’s detailed information page (go to "My Atlas" and click on your probe’s ID), clicking on the “Edit” button under the “General Information” tab, and deselecting the “Shared Publicly” box. Please note that personal information such as MAC addresses and email addresses will never be shown, regardless of whether you decide to share your probe publicly or not. You can learn more about what information is made public in RIPE Atlas in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/proposing-making-ripe-atlas-data-more-pu... Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Regards, Andreas Strikos RIPE NCC
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