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		robocat on Sept 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blocking Kiwifarms I presume users on kiwifarms (KF) use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction techniques to publish private information elsewhere (such as private addresses) so that the information can then legally be reposted on KF. Coordination-of-information has an accomplice role in some of the illegal activities "reported" by KF.

charcircuit on Sept 4, 2022 [–]

>private addresses

Addresses aren't private information.

Spivak on Sept 4, 2022 | [–]

Oh yes they are, what you’re arguing is that they aren’t secret.

charcircuit on Sept 6, 2022 | | [–]

I think you are confusing private and personal. Someone's name is personal information, but it is also public information.

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