• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    They are asking for records of the redditor using and downloading from public trackers.
    This basically incriminating themself when revealing the information.
    I’d argue that would come too close to it. Though I am no lawyer.

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      10 months ago

      You’re not protected against evidence you’ve created. I quoted the actual text of the amendment for a reason. You can absolutely incriminate yourself by creating evidence of a crime, but you cannot be compelled to be a witness against yourself.