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Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users: Leak show feds tracking anti-ICE Reddit users like "Budget-Chicken-2425"
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this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2026
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Lmfao no. Use a vpn, rotate your username, dont use personal emails.and definitely don’t get a .world account.
Use Lemmy.org. No emails needed. Don’t forget your password.
I'm new to Lemmy. Why does Lemmy.world require an email and Lemmy.org doesn't? I assumed all the Lemmies and Piefeds and whatnots required an email.
Each instance admin can check a box to require email. It reduces spam accounts and reduces work for admins because users can perform password resets themselves.
Each instance admin decides whether they require an email. Mine doesn't, but it's more important to choose an instance with admins you trust and not located in the US.
Don't use your real email regardless of instance.
Why does it matter if the instance is in the US? Just more susceptible to government pressure? Mine is in the US, as am I, I haven't seen any action from them, their whole thing is to be hands off which is why I chose them.
Nice tips
You don't need an email with lemmy.org? what is wrong with the .world accounts?
How does one go about finding and installing a vpn on a computer and phone connection? Because half the vpn's are themselves spying on users and selling the data to brokers I've heard, which rather defeats the purpose, especially as the government buys all data broker information.
.world should be considered the US government. The mods and admins are more or less government simps. They are AT BEST “center” politics.
On one of those I did notice that they didn't allow people to post, I think it was just for the articles their preferred accounts posted or something. That was one of those world news ones.
I look up VPNs on the privacy reddit or lemmy. Some vpns are good, usually the paid ones. The free ones are certainly selling your shit.
It's just software you install and click the on toggle with.
$10 a month subscription last time I used one.
Do you have a source for that? Genuinely asking, I use a VPN and would like to read more into it