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How would Reddit know who those people are? Protonmail + VPN would hide their identities as far as Reddit is concerned, right?
by jimbob45 6y ago
How would Reddit know who those people are? Protonmail + VPN would hide their identities as far as Reddit is concerned, right?
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoIn theory. I'm not sure if Protonmail or the VPN provider would respond to a subpoena, but I wouldn't rule it out. But realistically most of these people are using their home IP address and their gmail account.
- jimbob45 6y agoThere are VPNs not bound by US law and the same with email providers (if your email address with Reddit is even legitimate to begin with).
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoYes, but it can't be more than a few percent of people who go through the effort to set that up right? I know it's not hard to do (I've done it), but I think most people on reddit are using either their personal email or a throwaway gmail account they use from their home IP.
- shpx 6y agoYou actually still don't need an email address to create a Reddit account. Reddit has stayed true to their word of maintaining the old design, and it's free of the dark patterns in the redesign. Go to https://old.reddit.com/register https://old.reddit.com/register and just leave the email field blank or if you use the pop-up menu (the thing you get when you click login/register in the top right of the old design), you can click skip on the first screen where it just asks you for your email.