• mrbubblesort@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    16
    ·
    11 months ago

    the film companies filed a motion to compel Reddit to respond to a subpoena demanding “basic account information including IP address registration and logs from 1/1/2016 to present, name, email address and other account registration information”

    who the fuck fills that in on account registration anyways? do they even have a field for your name?

      • Ilandar
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        11 months ago

        Email address isn’t required either. I don’t know why people sign up with it.

        • immibis@social.immibis.com
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          11 months ago

          @Ilandar You get penalized if you don’t. In particular, if reddit decides to “lock your account for suspicious activity, please change password to re-enable” you can’t do that and your account is just gone

          • Ilandar
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            6
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            11 months ago

            Who cares? Just make a new one.

            • immibis@social.immibis.com
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              11 months ago

              @Ilandar you care if you aren’t using an app designed especially for ban evasion, because you’ll have to subscribe to your favourite subreddits again. And if anyone knows your account, now they don’t.

        • immibis@social.immibis.com
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          11 months ago

          @Ilandar also the form presents the field as mandatory. To not enter one, you have to click “next” on “please enter your email address” - which is the FIRST STEP - without entering an email address. Who would ever try that?