Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting::Court quashes subpoena for names of users who talked torrenting in 2011 thread.

  • @Blamemeta
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    311 year ago

    They don’t have names, so Im not sure what they expect.

    • @[email protected]
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      401 year ago

      Actually, if one uses the official Reddit app, they do have real names. It’s part of the data that the app reads out of your phone’s settings.

      • @TORFdot0
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        231 year ago

        The official app didn’t exist in 2011 so they likely don’t have that information unless the user kept their account and used the official app at one point

      • @inspxtr
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        151 year ago

        has anyone made a data request, especially GDPR, to confirm this?

      • @Buffalox
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        61 year ago

        The only place I have my name, is in “emergency information”. Are you saying apps can access that?

      • Rolivers
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        51 year ago

        That’s scary af.

        I would not want my reddit or lemmy name be hard tied to my real name.

      • @cheese_greater
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        31 year ago

        All these inputs apps have free-reign over need to become part of the explicit privacy settings.

    • @player2
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      31 year ago

      It’s possible to have an email address associated with your Reddit account which might provide names.