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submitted 5 months ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.world

So, I used the Reddit app a long time ago. I was eventually permanently banned for "report abuse" because I kept reporting people calling for genocide in Gaza. (This after I was banned from every news sub and many more for calling out the IDF's war crimes before it became mainstream.) Anyway. I deleted the app and all the data I could through the Android settings.

Three months later...

I created a new account so I can go to small, hobby-focused subs. I installed the app on my device and it tried to use my old credentials, which I attributed to the OS remembering it. I then made the mistake of commenting in r/news and got a 7 day ban for ban evasion. How the hell does it know? How can I completely clear their data off my device? Is it even possible now or is my device somehow marked for life?

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[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The app takes a device fingerprint. When you were first banned that device fingerprint becomes blacklisted, any account that accesses from that device will instantly trigger an unappealable automod permaban response regardless of age or previous behavior.

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