Nintendo to pursue over 200.000 Reddit users

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Zkuq said:

SvennoJ said:

Lol don't talk to me about privacy on Reddit, or the internet in general

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/247637/beware-of-scraping-bots-and-keyword-stuffing-google-neraly-ruined-my-marriage/

Regardless of farming bots, your information is sold to whoever wants to pay for it. Any free service -> you are the product.

Plus it's likely somewhere in the Eula that your data can be shared with authorities.

Here it is

https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy

How We Share Information

To comply with the law. We may share information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, including, but not limited to, meeting national security or law enforcement requirements. To the extent the law allows it, we will attempt to provide you with prior notice before disclosing your information in response to such a request. Our Transparency Report has additional information about how we respond to government requests.

I doubt Nintendo wants to sift through all that themselves. That's police work.

Your actions still have, and ought to have, an effect on your privacy. It's definitely less than it should be, but it's something. Typically you have some idea about what you're signing up for, and having your information shared to a company because you joined a community is not one I'd typically expect myself.

curl-6 said:

Yeah privacy is a concept is dead at this point, it's an illusion at best, companies and governments already know everything about you.
Worrying that people's privacy will be compromised here is like treading water in the middle of the ocean and worrying that it'll rain cos you don't wanna get wet.

You can affect your privacy though. If you choose to use free services and share a lot of information about yourself, that's a decision you make. Personally I choose to limit what I share about myself, and I reckon I'm quite aware of the consequences of my choices and how I could make other kinds of choices regarding my privacy. What's happening here goes against what I'd expect if I signed up to Reddit and joined a particular subreddit, which is exactly why I don't think this is acceptable.

If you're on Reddit, or Facebook, or any of those sites, your info's already out there. I mean yeah, it'd be nice if we could keep our details private online, but that's not the world we live in. I doubt anything Nintendo could expose in this investigation isn't already available for any corporation or government that wants to know.