A recent incident has highlighted the growing trend of companies tracking internet protocol (IP) addresses to enforce rate limiting and prevent abuse on their services, such as APIs.
The exposed information includes client_ip: 37.27.54.14, a unique identifier assigned to devices accessing a service’s API endpoint. The request_id: 1058466897 is a timestamp indicating the time of the request.
This behavior allows companies to identify repeat offenders and implement targeted rate limiting measures to prevent abuse and protect their services from excessive usage.
Source: https://daily-journal.com/news/bourbonnais-library-bunny-hops-into-retirement/article_cf693efa-d472-11ef-86ae-3734ecbdb164.html