Reddit Just Doxxed a Man with His GPS Coordinates

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[–][deleted] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I mean it could have been a mod, but it's highly unlikely imho.. this was an admin.. Even playing Devil's Advocate, if he uploaded this video to Reddit itself from his phone, it potentially has metadata on the video file that anyone who saves it can potentially get access to. So anyone could get access to that type of information if he did that, but only a Mod or Admin would be able to alter the flair of a post.

And a mod can't even see your IP with the "tools" they're given - they can't see the coordinates of where you posted from unless they stripped the hypothetical metadata successfully lol. I really don't feel like a mod would do this, as it's too much work, most probably don't know about it and they like their ass-pats and their janitor work. It seems more like one of the Admins who believe they're "untouchable and have the power to influence elections, but never, ever, would do that", did that and abused the GPS function of the Reddit app. And that's incredibly fucked up and scary.

tl;dr/dw: (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ if you still use Reddit for whatever reason, don't use the app. ♥

Edit: The Mod's response: https://www.reddit.com/r/JusticeServed/comments/ekbcc2/do_you_guys_have_a_public_moderation_log/fd9xi6y/

Apparently a Mod is accepting the blame for it, but the mod is saying the coordinates were not OP's address or even within 200 miles of where OP lived, and OP was "trolling everyone".

[–]Tom_Bombadil 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

tl;dr/dw: if you still use Reddit for whatever reason, don't use the app.

This deserves to be in bold.

[–]magnora7 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

They have this great app, called the "web browser" app that can browse any website and doesn't give away all one's privacy and security! Amazing. It's my favorite app.

[–]Justin 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

A web browser should be the only thing needed to browse a website like Reddit. It's a fucking link aggregator with comments, I shouldn't need to download an app to use it, nor should I be bombarded with the 'how would you like to proceed? Open in the Reddit App or browser' when I use my phone.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

'how would you like to proceed? Open in the Reddit App or browser' when I use my phone.

Agreed. It's exhausting how many times we have to answer that question. And how many times do I have to tell it I want old.reddit.com instead of the new one... It's all designed to gently coerce people to use the new site and the app (which almost certainly data-gathers everything it can off your phone and then they sell that data, this is standard procedure for most big app companies unfortunately)

It's a sad state of affairs, but the consumer needs to be smarter. The problem is the technology is developing faster than the consumer's awareness of the potential pitfalls.

[–]Undiscovered 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The consumer just wants to consume as much as possible regardless of quality or repercussion. I have come to the conclusion that most of the USA's problems lie within the fact that they are the most goods addicted country to ever exist. Without the need for unlimited consumption China and others wouldn't have been able to take advantage of it. People are addicted to cheap goods. Buy, break, rebuy.

Within that they are addicted to showing off their goods on these "free" platforms, those platforms then learn public and "private" info about said person and sell it for more than people realize. Then they are marketed to so they buy even more cheap goods.

In my opinion the only way capitalism truly works is if the consumers are intelligent, resourceful and patient. It seems those three have been thrown out the window in order to gain convenience and quantity, rather than quality.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Very interesting comment. I agree, especially about America's addiction to consumerism. And this addiction subsequently creates the American addiction to work, in the desire for money. "Work hard, play hard"