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by encypruon 2408 days ago
This is a sore spot with me, because here in Germany you just can't. At least not legally. And more than that you have to openly announce your name and address on your website. It's called "Impressumspflicht". Theoretically it doesn't apply to "private" websites but there is enough ambiguity there that not including an "Impressum" is considered too much of a risk.

Some try to render the "Impressum" as a picture so that it doesn't get indexed by search engines but it's not clear wether that is sufficient.

You also can't just rent a post box somewhere to get around announcing your address. The address has got to be a "ladungsfähige Anschrift" which means that it has to be the place where you live.

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What is the risk? And if it's anonymous how do they find you? You don't have to host your blog on a .de domain.