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.

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

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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.

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

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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

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

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

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That’s scary af.

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

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Test message

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And now people are just starting to realize what real issue with the official reddit app is.

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

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