The fediverse is a privacy nightmare
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ActivityPub, the protocol that powers the fediverse (including Mastodon – same caveats as the first two times, will be used interchangeably, deal with it) is not private. It is not even semi-…

TLDR: While Fediverse won’t directly serve you ads, anonymous bad actors other than Meta can save, redistribute, and even dox you for any information you post here. Anything you post here can/will remain forever on some malicious instance that doesn’t honor deletion requests. So be careful!

  • @whiskersOP
    -6•1 year ago

    Ofcourse, you can dox yourself in other text based sites like Twitter, Reddit.

    But, ActivityPub has other applications like PixelFed. If someone doesn’t know about these privacy implications there private pictures can be exposed to even malicious accounts/instances that are not on theit followers list. It’s best for everyone to be aware of what they are getting into here.

    • FiveMacs
      14•1 year ago

      You should probably stop considering anything you put online to be private…it’s not, ever.

      • Andy
        2•1 year ago

        Yeah, I just consider my record public. My username is my actual name. I don’t say shit I wouldn’t want anyone to know about. Simple.

      • @whiskersOP
        -2•1 year ago

        Yes, but there is a reasonable assumption that your pictures will only be viewed by your followers on Instagram. I can’t see myself switching to PixelFed. I’ve completely switched from Reddit and Twitter to Mastodon, Lemmy, as I don’t tend to share my personal information there anyways.

        • axum
          2•1 year ago

          reasonable assumption that your pictures will only be viewed by your followers on Instagram.

          It’s not reasonable, as it’s both public and said followers can just re-up the content elsewhere out of your control. Look at any popular account on any platform, and see how often it gets copied/reuploaded elsewhere

          • @whiskersOP
            1•1 year ago

            It is reasonable because I can have a trust basis with my followers who are my friends/family. If a malicious instance host can just use a plugin to view follower only post, that’s not going to be expected by an average user. That’s why I posted in YSK.