I think that was an exaggeration. They likely “just” wanted their account names and PII. It was simply not clear, and they never clarified it, which is absurd. Probably because it is illegal to ask, but if they get data willingly, they are out of trouble?

Many more likely use SEPA invoices or direct payments, which seem way better. But I dont know, the FSFE could absolutely use more donators, they are doing very important legal and policy work for free software.

Jerboa doesnt support crossposting and neither did lemmy web for me, so no idea how that is supposed to work

https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260316-01.en.html