Today around 12:00pm EDT, a post was uploaded to r/whenthe by u/concussionmaker_91 about how despite their multiple privacy measures, Reddit was still able to ping their location and show them an ad about a business in close proximity to their house. Then, in less than 2 hours after the post when live, their year old account was permanently banned. Redditors in the comment section used a website called SnooSnoop to see if this account has done anything malicious in the past that may be grounds for a ban only to find nothing.

I don’t think this is a mere coincidence and some comments I read on the post may be there to dismiss the situation.

I’m currently working on archiving the post and comments in case Reddit decides to try and erase this entire situation from the web, I’ll attach the files when I do.

  • Serinus@lemmy.world
    51·
    6 hours ago

    As long as javascript is running they can track your mouse movement, which is similar to people’s gait when they walk.

    Gonna need a source or a reference for that second part. Yes, I’m very aware that your mouse movement can be tracked, so we can skip that part.

    • leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      51·
      4 hours ago

      Just look up mouse fingerprinting.

      This was one of the first results for me.

      The rest were companies selling user deanonimization solutions that use mouse fingerprinting.