By a reddit post, A reddit comment.. etc and etc.
Maybe this is a question that's already been asked. But since I want to enjoy Reddit in the best way possible and without my identity being "revealed," is it possible, in your opinion, to trace a person just by their Reddit account name? Does Reddit allow other people to read the email you registered with? Or other types of information that can be used? Thanks
I know Reddit collects information like user's likes, follows and comments. But I am worried about the exact level of how much information can be gained from a Reddit account, do they record the same passwords/emails that be used on two accounts and could be connected?
Maybe I am a bit paranoid but I would rather not leave an obvious digital footprint.
Hey, so here's a question. How private is someone on reddit? Like, how hard would it be to find my public IP? I know a stalker can look at comment history for info. That's not what I mean. Can someone find out who my ISP is? Can they find out what area I live in? I'm just curious. I don't have any cause for alarm right now, but I'm wondering how much I should interact with others on reddit. I don't want it to seep into my real life, you know? And if I piss off the wrong redditor, can he track me down (other than looking at my post/comment history)?
Law enforcement could probably get reddit to divulge your apparent IP address. Tracking an IP to an address is not easy as many ISP rotate them
Your level of safety depends on the person you draw interest from. If you draw the interest of a government body and they intervene, asking Reddit to give them a realtime update on your current IP at the times you post, it wouldn't be hard to track you down. IPs only become hard to track after you're no longer using that IP, which requires your connection be refreshed. Using your phone? The phone company can easily track it back to you, and they have a history of doing whatever the gov'ts want. Using a broadband ISP? A bit harder, but only if time passes before they track the IP.
In terms of regular people, you're only as safe as your informational hygiene is solid. If you never give any indicators of who you really are, and don't use the same usernames as you do on other sites, the odds of it being tracked back to you are slim. But the danger is definitely in the username, email addresses, etc. Can someone get your IP directly from Reddit? Not very likely. Reddit doesn't expose the address you post from in the data of your comments, posts, etc. But if you use the same name on a forum somewhere a few times, then make the mistake of linking from a Reddit post to that forum, the odds skyrocket that someone can find you. Forums have notoriously bad security in some cases, and infiltrating one to ferret out your IP wouldn't be hard for someone with the right skills. All it would take is watching r/netsec or another relevant subreddit until an unpatched vulnerability, 0day exploit, etc, were to pop and wham, access to that forum. Therefore access to your IPs. And so on.
So yeah... you're only as safe as your weakest link.
Hello :)
If I want to open another Reddit account and switch it in the app, would someone easily be able to trace accounts and realise the other one I use is linked to this one?
Not a major thing, like I'm happy for FBI or cops to know if they really want to, nothing at all dodgy just for my professional and personal protection and safety from some redditors.
Thanks in advance.
To be clear I have around 3 accounts. This happens to be my unhinged one, so it got me wondering. Also if yes then how? And how to avoid it?
When I post anything on Reddit, can it traced to my location. I had posted some fu*ked up thing to vent it out of my system.
Although now that account is deleted, I just wanted to know if I do that again, will it be traced back to me
Tried google this but no joy finding definitive answer. If I use Reddit, or any other app for that matter. Will anyone in my company who monitors the WiFi see what I’m actually looking at, in terms of posts, pics, vids etc. or simply just the traffic to/from that app ?