I noticed that there were some accounts that were hijacked by the instance owners. All the posts from that user were then edited to say what happened.

This kind of surprised me, I figured instances could delete posts, but not edit them. So how much control do they have?

I assume they can’t see my password (hopefully). Can they post in my name? Do they have all the access to my posts to foreign instances that they do over local posts?

Edit: thanks for all the responses everyone! I’ve wanted my own instance for a while, but maybe I’ll get on it now

  • m-p{3}
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    401 year ago

    They have full control over the account. Since they control the server, they can modify the database to do whatever they want.

    • netburnr
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      211 year ago

      Yup, simple as changing the password hash to their own and then logging in with their known password.