Reddit's website uses DRM for fingerprinting

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[–]konoplya 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (11 children)

i was wondering how reddit was able to ban many of my accounts. the ones i've never even used. they banned one account for supposedly breaking the rules. however all i did was expose one of the shill mods on watchredditdie as an AHS shill and bam, got banned. then they started banning all my other accounts. i had ublock and privacy badger installed on my browsers, used private window (chromium browser). still accounts kept getting banned. then i created new ones, with a new browser (firefox) and those started getting banned too. even though i also use VPN all the time. have no idea how. probably using fingerprintings like my fonts or something. if anyone can shine any clues on this would be great. i even started using noscript to disable javascript to not show the system fonts. still these fucks would ban anything new i created.

[–]Cindy 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

They are good at this but FWIW if you create a new account it will not be banned. They do sweeps and ignore future account creation.

[–]konoplya 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

i've created a few new accounts and they all got banned within a couple weeks. i think because i used the same browser to create those as the other ones. i'm going to create some more accounts using a laptop this time for a different fingerprint and then use tor browser with them on my other computer. should be good i hope.

[–]Cindy 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Also, if you have mobile data on your phone it's a foolproof alternative

[–]konoplya 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

how do you mean exactly?

[–]Raavan 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Totally different IP address, while at the same time not being a VPN or tor exit node

[–]konoplya 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

wouldn't the phone IP link directly to me though?

[–]Raavan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That is true, yes. It is a downside. Hadn't thought of that.

[–]happysmash27 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Perhaps try different browsers, and even maybe spoof your user agent. My favourites are Waterfox and Palemoon, with Classic Theme Restorer for Waterfox, and for all the others, the old XUL versions of Tree Style Tab, Roomy Bookmarks Toolbar, and Tab Mix Plus. Also, remember uBlock and NoScript. This will make you look a bit more like me, actually, while also giving you a really nice browsing experience. I also recommend adding a few different preferred languages in your settings, for each account, since this is sent in your user agent. Remember to use a different IP address and configuration for each one! Or, maybe try making only one, and posting only really boring acceptable things in subreddits like /r/aww.

[–]konoplya 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

good info man. thanks

btw. how do you add preferred languages?

[–]happysmash27 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Sorry for the delay. It is in Preferences -> Content -> Languages.

[–]konoplya 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

great. thank you for that