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Safety PSA, please spread. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by marcie@lemmy.ml to c/transgender@lemmy.ml
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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 60 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Fediverse sites are not private and secure. That is basically the entire point, it's an open standard that shares information with whoever wants to spin up an instance to receive it.

[–] 30p87 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Except using centralized social media (TikTok, Instagram, etc.) will guarantee your IP, probably location and other user data is logged onto a server, basically free for the fascists to see. Lemmy is at least decentralized, private, so more hurdles to request data from, by design not data hungry (eg. no apps that log your precise location for "advertisements"), and a lot of servers are out of the ~~germans~~ (oops, true, we're not the nazis anymore/yet) americans jurisdictions.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

Use tor also

[–] marcie@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Certain sites are far more secure, they scramble IP and show their code.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

yup, what you post publicly is public. It's the reason I find it irrational when people are complaining about X now lets blocked users see your posts. Your posts are public, people who created a fresh account can see your posts, it is already public, blocking stopping them from viewing your posts only gave you a false perception of privacy.

The only advantage of fediverse is you can choose an instance that doesn't sell your browsing habits, other instances can only see your public actions like public posts and votes.