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You would be wrong
Of course, you say this and don't explain why I would be wrong. That is a very Reddit like response. Say I am wrong and then don't explain why. I even tried different browsers. It is because of the VPN. That's why all the banning.
Browser fingerprint
Also I use temp emails. That could also be why. Wow, can people actually be private online now? I am scared for the future. Have you ever seen that movie "The Enemy Of The State" (1998)?
Nah, their fingerprinting goes deeper.
Luckily, I don't hate to type it out!
https://chameleonmode.com/reddit-fingerprinting-detection-9-device-signals-that-burn-accounts/
It's possible to get around, but then you hate to be completely passive and not change anything in how you got it done, because even just switching to a different but new device triggers a check by their automation, and it usually just bans.
So, there is no use in even trying Reddit anymore. Imagine how Edward Snowden feels. Always scared of getting his exact location found out. Thanks for the info.
I take it a sufficiently determined individual can bypass enough of redoit's BS to get in.
You should choose wisely how to allocate your energies.
In this case, do you really want to lend your energy to an outfit that so actively disrespects your preferences? Think about what you are encouraging in your own world.
Even if you could get back on there, is it a good thing FOR You in the long run? Of course you could scratch the itch, but do you lose more than you gain over the long term?
Beyond just the personal energy budgeting, it also seems like we want a tech solution to a political problem. If we are to have a true tech public square, it seems very wrong to allow an unelected and unaccountable entity to own that square. So under no circumstance should you be banned from any public speech forum simply for speech (save maybe for making credible and actionable bodily threats). That's a political guarantee that has to be enforced by a democratically accountable government. No single company can own and make admin decisions for the digital public square. That's a political demand. Obviously that's not how thing work today. But this may give you some ideas of what you may want to push for so that in the future you can avoid what happened to you recently.
For information about fingerprinting techniques there's this site:
https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/
It has been around for a few years so there are almost certainly other techniques it doesn't mention.
I never even thought of the fingerprint stuff. I guess if you are somebody hiding, you would have to.
I think there might also be fingerprinting techniques that do not rely on the browser, so it's not conclusive. Not sure why people are being so negative, people trying to ban evade Reddit should be empowered to succeed imo, fuck Reddit
I use different browsers too, but yes, if I made so many new accounts with the browsers. They could tell from a browser. That makes sense.
yea. I guess I'm just a dick. Websites fingerprint everything about you. This should be comically obvious to people now.
But yea, reddit doesn't like VPNs.
What if most websites somehow bans VPN users in the future? Now that is my dark prediction.