While a long string of letters and numbers may not be a "Johnny Appleseed" level of human-readable specificity, your PeerID is still a long-lived, unique identifier for your node. Keep in mind that it's possible to do a DHT lookup on your PeerID and, particularly if your node is regularly running from the same location (like your home), find your IP address. (It's possible to [reset your PeerID](../reference/kubo/cli.md#ipfs-key-rotate) if necessary, but similarly to changing your user ID on legacy web apps and services, is likely to involve extra effort.) Additionally, longer-term monitoring of the public IPFS network could yield information about what CIDs your node is requesting and/or reproviding and when.
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