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.

  • Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 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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      9 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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        9 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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          9 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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            9 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.