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So, can we consider Reddit as a forum with real-name registration now?

by hoothin 3y ago

yaomingite 3y ago
They block VPNs from using the website at all, unless you're on an account that was registered already. The new Reddit stopped allowing you to opt-out of "log outbound clicks" in the settings, so every link you click is now going through out.reddit.com first and keeping track of everything you do on the site. If you are forced to reveal your actual IP, and they watch every link you click, privacy is completely dead on the website.
- deafpolygon 3y ago
  That's shit. But where can we go now for general discussions if privacy is dead on reddit? I assume Discord's worse at this and is logging every conversation.
  - fsflover 3y ago
    Matrix and Mastodon? See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36735532 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36735532
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    - fsflover 3y ago
      Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit 547 points by cryoz 7 months ago | 381 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36293789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36293789
  - yaomingite 3y ago
    Lemmy is like Reddit and here because it has threaded comment discussions. It's also federated, so you can pick a server you like and have discussions with users from various servers together. https://join-lemmy.org/ https://join-lemmy.org/ Some Reddit apps switched to supporting Lemmy instead when they were kicked off the API.
  - SlightlyLeftPad 3y ago
    It is. That said, doesn’t CCPA require them to wipe personally identifiable information after 30 days (i.e. logs)? Logs are interesting because typically they’re stored in write-once read-many type of data stores. In reality this means, most companies will just decide to wipe it to comply. They may, and probably do store anonymized data but if that can be traced back to a specific user technically they’d be breaking the law.

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So, can we consider Reddit as a forum with real-name registration now?

by hoothin 3y ago

So, can we consider Reddit as a forum with real-name registration now?

yaomingite 3y ago
They block VPNs from using the website at all, unless you're on an account that was registered already. The new Reddit stopped allowing you to opt-out of "log outbound clicks" in the settings, so every link you click is now going through out.reddit.com first and keeping track of everything you do on the site. If you are forced to reveal your actual IP, and they watch every link you click, privacy is completely dead on the website.
- deafpolygon 3y ago
  That's shit. But where can we go now for general discussions if privacy is dead on reddit? I assume Discord's worse at this and is logging every conversation.
  - fsflover 3y ago
    Matrix and Mastodon? See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36735532 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36735532
    - deleted 3y ago
      [deleted]
    - fsflover 3y ago
      Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit 547 points by cryoz 7 months ago | 381 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36293789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36293789
  - yaomingite 3y ago
    Lemmy is like Reddit and here because it has threaded comment discussions. It's also federated, so you can pick a server you like and have discussions with users from various servers together. https://join-lemmy.org/ https://join-lemmy.org/ Some Reddit apps switched to supporting Lemmy instead when they were kicked off the API.
  - SlightlyLeftPad 3y ago
    It is. That said, doesn’t CCPA require them to wipe personally identifiable information after 30 days (i.e. logs)? Logs are interesting because typically they’re stored in write-once read-many type of data stores. In reality this means, most companies will just decide to wipe it to comply. They may, and probably do store anonymized data but if that can be traced back to a specific user technically they’d be breaking the law.