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Why did you put your name under that ad blocker? I remember "the good old web" (tm) where people did stuff anonymosly. In this way people can stay safe and con
by 88840-8855 5y ago
Why did you put your name under that ad blocker?
I remember "the good old web" (tm) where people did stuff anonymosly. In this way people can stay safe and continue publishing stuff.
- stavros 5y agoThe moral solution is to fix justice, the pragmatic solution is to not use your real name. In that light, I also have to ask, why did you use your real name?
- 88840-8855 5y agoI forgot that HN is a place for pure ideology. Honestly, if the world was run by such people, we would be still in discussions and evaluations. Sometimes you just have to accept facts and move on.
- czottmann 5y agoIn Germany, if you run a website of any kind, it has to include an imprint, which is required to list a legal entity which usually is a person. See https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressumspflicht#Telemediengesetz https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressumspflicht#Telemedienge... Source: I'm a German, I publish websites.
- 88840-8855 5y agoThen run a .com address and you do not need an Impressum. Problem solved. LOL. Source: I am also a German, I publish .com websites.
- merb 5y agonope. it's not solved. If anybody knows who you are, if you still live in germany, you will be fined. the law has nothing to do with an ending of the dns or some stupid shit. it only applies to juridical persons in germany.
- Nextgrid 5y ago> If anybody knows who you are I think the point here is to not disclose your identity online as a defense against bullshit lawsuits. Whether you agree with the approach itself is one thing, but if it works at protecting against lawsuits it'll definitely work at protecting against enforcement of this law.
- merb 5y agoit won't work at protecting against law enforcement. if they want you, they will find a way.
- Nextgrid 5y agoIt will kind of. Law enforcement does not have unlimited resources, and its limited resources have to be prioritized based on the severity of the infringement. Lack of an "impressum" by itself would be quite tame unless there has been some other crime committed (or at the very least a credible tip or complaint) that would justify law enforcement looking into it in the first place. Furthermore, when it comes to the lack of "impressum", merely determining whether the law has been broken would be difficult with proper anonymity. Let's say he's based in Germany but anonymously purchases hosting in the US or another country and never discloses his German residency on the website - in this case it's impossible from the outside to even determine whether he is actually breaking this law, removing the probable cause for an investigation in the first place. As far as I'm aware, Germany does not - and wouldn't have the resources anyway - to thoroughly investigate every foreign-hosted website to determine whether its owner is actually based in Germany and is thus breaking the law by not publishing an "impressum".
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoIt's not solved. If you're based in Germany, as soon as you are doing any business and collect information from people, or better - money, you gotta do it. Interestingly, you only have to do it IF you have an online presence. As in, you don't have to have an online presence when running a business.
- stavros 5y agoRight, but you don't need an impressum for a GitHub repo or a browser extension, right? I guess the GP probably did run a website.