A recent subpoena request shows that film companies are trying to obtain information on a Redditor's piracy habits.

I didn’t know reddit gave out the personal details of their users, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

  • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I didn’t know reddit gave out the personal details of their users, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

    You make it sound like they have a choice, or do so freely and willingly.

    The article is clear on that they don’t freely share without assessment though:

    Reddit wasn’t willing to go along with the request, at least not in full. The company objected, arguing that handing over the requested information would violate its users’ right to anonymous speech.

    Recent legal activity shows that Reddit doesn’t intend to automatically comply with all user information requests.

    • Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      10 months ago

      That is one thing Lemmy is not good at: Protecting its users legally. No admin can be expected to hire a lawyer to fight off those companies.

      • Fisch@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Lemmy is not storing anything for no reason tho, there’s no point in that without advertising. The only data they could hand over would be public anyway.

        • suppenloeffel@feddit.deEnglish
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          10 months ago

          What?

          Lemmy instances can log IPs and any other info they want all day long, there is nothing stopping them. In some jurisdictions they may even be required to.

          • Fisch@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            10 months ago

            Of course they can but what would be the point of that? It would just cost storage space.

            • Lodra@programming.devEnglish
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              10 months ago

              An interesting discussion! You’re probably right about most Lemmy instances. But it’s entirely possible that some instances are running a modified version of Lemmy that collects more data. And only those admins will understand why. They could sell it as easily as any company.

              You need to trust your service providers or accept what they’re doing.