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Creating an anonymous Reddit account without getting shadowbanned (self.privacy)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I sadly kinda need Reddit because it's the only place where I can talk to other Turkish LGBTQ+ people, and I need my account to be anonymous because of the recent developments in Turkey, where the majority government is about to propose a bill that will literally make publicly identifying as LGBTQ illegal.

Any comment I make in my current account just shows up as [removed] and my account doesn't even show up in redlib like it doesn't even exist. Can't send any DMs either, it just gives me a very vague error.

The way I first signed up was pretty suspicious tbh (Mullvad VPN + Browser and cock.li e-mail address). Is there a better way I could do this without sharing any PII?

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[–] 5 points 5 months ago (5 children)

That is a good question, I would like to know this as well. I was told there is no such thing as an anonymous account there anymore but idk. You can use a temporary email to sign up but they can follow your mac address and whatever.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    They cannot follow your MAC.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    What do they follow?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    What do they follow?

    Guessing you might have meant IP address, not MAC address. Without a VPN or w/e, the IP for most ppl is assigned by the ISP and damn near pinpoints you. Not exactly, but it's real close.

    MAC address on the other hand, that you can change yourself (prob).

    With a legit VPN, they don't get your IP. They do get other fingerprinting signals tho! Maybe lots of them. If you ALSO mask those, that makes your abuse likelihood score even higher. IDK waht the threshold is, but it seems anymore that a VPN alone is "almost" a surefire ban. Maybe some ppl get it to work, but I think that's b/c reddit can fingerprint them in enough other ways.

    There's a whole ass industry about this! It's called identity resolution. Most of the big site use it now. It uses any and every signal to ID you. Even things that are near impossible to hide. They're shitweasels.

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