I was pretty active there, too! I had a long post about the differences between grounding and bonding that was stickied to the sidebar for a while. I think it's still there...
vvilld
joined 2 weeks ago
Multiple accounts just gets exhausting
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Probably the Windows, then. Like I said above:
This new one uses Windows 11. I did log into Windows 11 with my Microsoft account. Maybe that’s how they tracked it? That seems far-fetched, but maybe?
No. Lemmy is the best I've found, but there aren't nearly enough users to make it anywhere close to as useful as Reddit.
did you use the same websites on brave that you normally use?
No. I exclusively have used Brave just for Reddit specifically for this reason. I also used Edge, which came installed on the laptop. Maybe data from Edge is used in Brave or Reddit is somehow able to track that? I never went to Reddit in Edge, let alone logged in, but I did log into my Google account (which has never been linked to any Reddit account, but I've been logged into it on the same browser as my older Reddit account in the past).
did you use a different operating system?
I've used Reddit with my old account on Android phones and my old laptop, which ran Windows 10. This new one uses Windows 11. I did log into Windows 11 with my Microsoft account. Maybe that's how they tracked it? That seems far-fetched, but maybe?
did you use a brave account on it?
No, and I only use Brave in incognito mode. I know that doesn't prevent anyone else from tracking anything, but it's supposed to not save local files after closing the browser.
did you verify that your vpn was using an exit point ip address that you’ve never used before every single time you accessed reddit?
I mean, I don't track every IP address I've ever used. As far as I know it's been a new IP address, but I really have no way of guaranteeing that. It seems incredibly unlikely I happened to stumble upon one I've used before, though.
most importantly: why bother using reddit?
Lemmy isn't to the point where it can be a Reddit replacement. Sure, for some stuff it's fine, but the user base is just too small. There are multiple subreddits for local communities around me that are very active which I like to check. There are communities for more niche hobbies, games, and books I like to follow. There's just WAY more content on Reddit that you can't get on Lemmy.
Nope. It was a temp email account from one of those temp email sites that deletes the email account once you close the browser. I have no idea how they were able to track me, but it's kinda scary.
No, I don't think so.
A few months ago I got permabanned from Reddit. I had an older account I hadn't used in a few years. I logged into that one and found it, too, was permabanned, with a reference to my other account. I tried to start a new account, and it got immediately banned.
A few weeks after that, for unrelated reasons, I got a brand new laptop. Without ever even going to Reddit on that laptop (let alone trying to log in), I downloaded a new browser I had never used on any device before which advertises it's focus on safety (the name of the browser is Brave). I connected my VPN. I created a new burner email account. Then I created a new Reddit account. Within 2 days it was permabanned referencing me trying to evade a ban on my other account.
I have no idea how they were able to know it was me. It was a new account, made from a new device, with a new email, through a new privacy-focused browser, on a VPN (so different IP address). There should have been no way for them to track me, yet they somehow still did.
I'd really like to know how they tracked it. Not even just to get back on Reddit. If Reddit is able to track you like that, then you know other companies and governments can.
Do you really need one at this point? AI images are really easy to notice.
Well, we now know for a fact that Abrego Garcia is still alive.
And it's not about him lying. Of course a piece of shit like Bukele is more than willing to lie to anyone. The point is that he is benefitting politically from this arrangement and if he doesn't uphold his end he can suffer political harm. It's not just a promise, it's a two-way deal.
Bretton Woods wasn't about military protection. It was about stabilizing the global economy and monetary system. It absolutely gave the US a ton of economic influence, but it didn't have anything to do with military protection. The Soviet Union even took part in the negotiations that turned into the Bretton Woods Agreement, although they chose not to sign the treaty.
The US' military hegemony came out of NATO, the Cold War, and the Marshall Plan.
The censor specific words in comments rather than just deleting a whole comment? That's some shit.