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Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting (arstechnica.com)
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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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[–] 40 points 3 years ago (5 children)

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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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    That's scary af.

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

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