- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
Reason number 5,386 to delete your Reddit account and encourage your friends & loved ones to do the same.
Reason number 5,386 to delete your Reddit account and encourage your friends & loved ones to do the same.
I find it reassuring that the government is at least acting like they can’t identify this user without Reddit’s consent. I wonder why this charade is necessary; are they trying to set a legal precedent?
Yes, of course.
They are doing a parallel construction so they can publicly make accusations. It’s not reassuring I assure you.
They want to intimidate people, imho.
They want to prosecute peope in open court so using the NSA to id people would be inconvenient (but not impossible).
Exactly, known as parallel construction, they find a plausible way to have found what they illegally know to use it publicly.
They’ve probably already ID’d them. Now they just need Reddit to “volunteer” the info that DickSwanger420 is actually Marvin Peterson from Boise.
Why would they be acting? It’s probably not a first amendment test.