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Nintendo targets Reddit pirates in piracy crackdown (overkill.wtf)

submitted 4 weeks ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] RealM__@lemmy.world 77 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

People are missing the point of this article a bit - It's not just about Nintendo trying to remove forks/backups of yuzu/ryujinx. It's that they are trying to subpoena Reddit as a corporation for user data. They want to pursue legal actions against anyone discussing Switch Piracy online. And then ask yourself - Do you trust Reddit as a corporation with your user data?

In addition to requesting records from Reddit, Nintendo's filing also makes appeals for information from other companies, including domain registrars such as Namecheap and GoDaddy, along with firms such as Cloudflare, Github, Google, and Discord.

Reminder, that you do not own your social media accounts and that corporations might end up sharing whatever you post online with whomever. Privacy and anonymity are not guaranteed.

[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

So, Lemmy is a better place?

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Depends on which instance you use for your client, I would say. For me only discuss.tchncs.de gets to see my IP address, and Milan Ihl, our admin, as well as his Lemmy server, are in Germany.

This means two things:

You can shop for a location of home instance that you deem Nintendo-safe
Nintendo would have to multiply its legal efforts many times over and through different jurisdictions if they wanted to get all users of a community, which might affect their effort-value-considerations.

But I've probably doxxed myself with personal stories. Pretty sure a dedicated person could find my employer, the team I'm in, and my age.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 4 weeks ago

This is why you change accounts every few months

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

They would find out that I'm a violent and dangerous criminal with bipolar disorder.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Well… it’s all public anyway so no need to make a request. Just scrape it.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

I always wondered what data does reddit actually have? Even if they had IPs and people posting, I'm John Smith, how exactly is Nintendo going to prove anything in a court of law? IP is not a person, and talking about shit online isn't the same as doing it.

And most of all, are they going to sue and investigate 10,000 people?

I don't get any of this fear mongering. I think this is all just aimed at shutting down communication channels, they aren't going to go after individuals talking on the internet

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)