Reddit: IP Address Disclosure Puts User Anonymity At Risk * TorrentFreak
Reddit: IP Address Disclosure Puts User Anonymity At Risk * TorrentFreak
A third attempt by film companies to obtain information on Reddit users, to support a lawsuit against an ISP, faces stiff opposition.
Man, how bad do movie industry execs have to be to make us root for Reddit
61Nah, fuck both. I'm not going to cheer for the lesser evil in a crowd.
27May they attempt to sort their differences on an ill-designed submarine, and let nature take it's course!
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So how would that work with Lemmy? If a company demands the IP of users?
33Guess that depends on the instance. Mine will sadly have a technical issue which corrupted the database.
23For our instance we've answered that here:
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"13I believe the rules wouldn't apply. Usually when a company is asked to provide data and they refuse they are forced to shut down. But since Lemmy is decentralized, I believe if the cops were to ask someone to provide the IP of a user, they can just say no and shut down the server at least temporarily, and then possibly bring it back up under a new domain and ip.
9IANAL but withholding evidence from a court order can hold you in contempt of court. I remember hearing a story of a person who was accused of having CSAM on an encrypted hard drive, and refused to decrypt it, and is in jail until he decrypts it. Just because you're a person doesn't mean you can ignore a warrant.
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Don’t browse lemmy with your naked IP. This isn’t the 90s. When using the Internet, wear a condom.
9As long you don't do the "known illegal" stuff you don't need a VPN.
However if you upload copyrighted material a vpn is one of very many steps to ensure that the police won't get you. A VPN alone does not provide any security. It delays at best the police
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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.
8You can offer access to Lemmy over Tor
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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.
19Because as lawyers, the longer the battles, the more money they make.
18As Chairman Mao used to say: punish one, educate 100. Same mindset.
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Man even in the 90's nobody was scared of having their IP address known because there's not a helluva lot you can do with one anyway, and the average regular person is using a dynamic one that resolves to a local CO and not usually their actual home address.
It was quite normal to scare the normies by having a forum signature that displayed the IP address of the machine loading the page because something that basic was enough to make them think you were a hacking wizard.
Those who were especially paranoid, used proxies (maybe VPNs but I never even heard that term until NordVPN started advertising all over the place).
5In the 90s everyone could find out your address by looking your name up in the white pages.
Americans became crazy after 9/11 and the patriot act.
Also, don’t use NordVPN. Worst VPN service by a long shot.
4What? Now I can more easily find it in an online directory.
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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.
4Pirates will always find a way. These companies are just wasting time and money.
3Reddit blocks VPNs on desktop...
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