How does Reddit store IP addresses? I couldn’t find a clear nor recent answer.

I recently saw a local community where commenters were getting subpoenas based on IP addresses. The post was >1 y/o by time of subpoena. Reddit of course complied and released IP addresses to the court.

But that makes me wonder: what if you moved house since making the comment? What if you moved INTO a place where the IP address was used by someone else to make the comment?? Is it based on your IP at time of commenting? Is it based on IP at time of logging in to that session? Or does the IP address of all my previous comments continuously update itself based on where I log in each time? What would appropriate VPN use look like when making potentially sensitive comments?

Thanks tech buds, LLL, bye

  • antisocialite@lemmy.todayEnglish
    103·
    28 days ago

    There’s also a subnet mask and a Mac address that can identify you. If you can’t create an account with a VPN and use that account normally, it’s a lost cause.

    • arakhis_@feddit.org
      62·
      28 days ago

      nice to hear a freemium website based on expressing yourself stores and analyzes your mac and ip adress :>

      good riddance

      • Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        28 days ago

        It has the most insane user tracking you can imagine given how hard it is to evade bans. The system will literally flag you as a possible ban evader through your behavior only. So not even having a VPN and a new device can hide your identity completely. You have to act different to throw the system off.

        • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          27 days ago

          on another forum, its called warming up if you have a new account or bought used account. plus you have anti-detect browsers to shield your fingerprinting, and proxies which cost money.

    • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
      4·
      28 days ago

      The subnet mask can’t identify anyone, but I guess could be used as part of other metadata like fingerprinting.

      How does a service get the subnet mask or MAC of your network/device? It is only exposed to the local network, once the traffic starts it’s journey on the routed internet those details are lost.

    • TimewornTraveler@lemm.eeOP
      1·
      27 days ago

      so if i create an account with a VPN on a separate computer, but then go back to browsing on my main computer without a VPN, they’ll eventually connect the dots?

      • arakhis_@feddit.org
        1·
        25 days ago

        just dont bother man, all these people are being indocrinated. say good riddance and actually grow communities like old helpful reddit over here. if you want to consume short video content, online forum platforms are not it anyway… and r-word platform is all that anyway. you will notice once you got warm here how infested r-word platform is