I share your opinion on needless information collections. Internet is a Wonky Wild West right now.

I log IPs of anonymous users to discourage anonymous postings. However, looking at the polls results so far shows that a large number of people don't blink an eye when their IP is being logged. Or won't even notice it happening. Therefore my method is proven ineffective :) Should just disable anonymous comments and remove IP logging.

Dusk, do you live comments in journals what log your IP? I avoid doing that but have made a few exeptions in the past.