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May 5, 2026 12:21 UTC
f398b3ce2e3068ae98408ef5346ac486955468d379590a3f49622c57417de8b9
CA-V-002207
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May 5, 2026 12:29 UTC
6fe717578e6d32c2d9886d1623303d6ff85233749e254645ec30df4b8dea8c75
CA-V-002209
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The change detected in the Reddit Privacy Policy on May 5, 2026 consists of a modification to HTML verification code used for accessing the policy document itself, not to the substantive privacy policy language. The nonce value in the JavaScript challenge changed from '92e49385b645bdf5' to 'b9f5ce732500c697'. This is a technical security measure for bot prevention and does not alter what the privacy policy says about data collection, use, or user rights.
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