Hello,

Since your Lemmy posts, comments, related activities, and your basic profile information will be stored in the databases across the fediverse, possibly never to be deleted (or kept by somebody who can), do you:

  1. Always use Tor/VPN with a fediverse app?
  2. Recommend others do the same?

If you feel that it is unnecessary, why do you feel that way? If you think it is necessary, why so?

Thanks. I am trying to get a feel of what I should do. For example, if my instance loses its data (due to a hack, sale, vulnerability, etc.), I am pretty sure all the information is lost (including my IP addresses). If other instances lose their data, or keep the data for their own purposes, then my posts/comments/related activities are lost (maybe excluding some of my profile information, my settings, and my IP addresses).

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

  • godlessEnglish
    14•1 year ago

    I’m always using a vpn for the sake of living in China, not particularly fediverse related. I simply don’t share anything I’m not comfortable everybody knowing regardless, just like we were told in the early days of the internet.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      0•1 year ago

      Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I think this makes sense when you trust your VPN provider more than your ISP/government.