Even when youre using a fake name on a social media site, your comments can come back to haunt you. Just ask notorious Redditor violentacrez, who was unmasked last fall by Adrian Chen, a reporter for Gawker. Is it possible to protect your privacy online? Some say no. Trying to take something off the Internet is like trying to remove pee from a swimming pool, wrote Redditor steste. Unlike Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and others, Reddit asks for no personal information to create an account. However, it still records and retains the IP address from which the account was made, which can be enough for law enforcement to help establish a users identity. And in the case of violentacrez, an ambitious reporter could find his identity through his comments and associations with other Redditors Read more...More about Reddit, Redditors, Social Media, and How To
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 13:02:51 +0000
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