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How will dbzer0 handle IP subpoenas? (lemmy.today)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm referencing this article: https://torrentfreak.com/film-companies-seek-torrenting-history-related-to-redditor-240220/

Given that they're expanding to reddit, I was wondering how dbzer0 is setup to handle similar requests. The legal help page for dbzer0 is just an e-mail address.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (12 children)

The simple fact that lemmy federates posts will mitigate the problems posed by this. For example if they want your IP, they need to go to lemmy.today, but for mine they will need to go to tchncs.de. If we were using reddit, they would be able to get everyone's address with just one request. The more small instances there are, the harder it becomes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (11 children)

I don't understand all of how federation works, but couldn't they just roll their own instance and just collect all the data they get from federating?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Yes, but that data doesn't include user IPs.

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