Comment 8 for bug 1614403

> the IP and the User agent is always required beside the comment.

You are right, I was misunderstanding the python library I was reading. That is really unfortunate - because I agree that sending PII to other services feels iffy.

> What about using akismet only for registered users when they wright her first x posts/topics?

this can easily be circumvented - write some spam that looks fine to the classifier 5 times, then spam the forums.

How about only checking for SPAM in posts and edits that contain links? after all, this is what spammers are after - a backlink to their server.