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TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Reddit: IP Address Disclosure Puts User Anonymity At Risk * TorrentFreak

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TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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A third attempt by film companies to obtain information on Reddit users, to support a lawsuit against an ISP, faces stiff opposition.
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    Man, how bad do movie industry execs have to be to make us root for Reddit

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      Nah, fuck both. I’m not going to cheer for the lesser evil in a crowd.

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        May they attempt to sort their differences on an ill-designed submarine, and let nature take it’s course!

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        Loving the upvotes on this Lemmy World, let’s make sure we apply it to political discussions as well!

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    So how would that work with Lemmy? If a company demands the IP of users?

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      Guess that depends on the instance. Mine will sadly have a technical issue which corrupted the database.

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      For our instance we’ve answered that here:

      Reddit might be forced to hand out IPs of users frequenting piracy subreddits: how does programming.dev compare?

      edit: just wanted to share a great observation that was made by UlrikHD in our admin channel:

      “So if a company wanted to demand the ip of every member on a piracy community, they would have to contact every instance federated with that community then
      good to know”

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      Instance owners would have way, way fewer resources and almost definitely need to just capitulate. Assuming they even had the info to share, though.

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        With the federation does that also mean that the ip records are replicated? Because that would be a lot of parties that can be threatened, with only one required to give in…

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          I could be wrong, but I believe you only disclose your IP to your Lemmy instance.

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      Don’t browse lemmy with your naked IP. This isn’t the 90s. When using the Internet, wear a condom.

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    surely it costs more to fight this dogshit legal battle, both in money and PR, than to simply let enthusiasts watch your films. they’re already handsomely profiting, why do these fucking pigheaded hogs think it is their right, it is their duty to wring out every cent they can? fuck off.

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      Because as lawyers, the longer the battles, the more money they make.

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    Pirates will always find a way. These companies are just wasting time and money.

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      Use something like Mullvad for everything so that ip adresses don’t matter

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        Yup Mullvad FTW.

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    Just like having something to protect yourself if you go to a sketchy area, make sure you only visit Reddit from behind a VPN.

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      I don’t know if it was VPN or using uBo but the last time I tried viewing content on my Linux setup all I saw was the whoa there pardner page.

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        When was this? I switched to proton a couple of months ago, buy I’ve never had to deal with this.

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            Weird, they must be A/B testing or something. I’ve literally never seen that page before.

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        Does reddit still have an onion link for tor?

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    Reddit blocks VPNs on desktop…

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