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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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[–] Blamemeta 31 points 1 year ago (9 children)

They don't have names, so Im not sure what they expect.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (7 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.

[–] inspxtr 15 points 1 year ago

has anyone made a data request, especially GDPR, to confirm this?

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