[atlas] 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-public

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Andreas Strikos
RIPE NCC