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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by NicestDicerest@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

So. I thought about the potential of bad actors sniffing on lemmy data. In theory, you'ld have to trust your lemmy-instance hosted to not be a bad actor and every single server they federated with. That means, it should be really - REALLY - easy for a bad actor of even a nation state actor to set up an instance and just wait for the data of users to pour in.

Theoretically they could see all the posts you ever made, and, every post you upvoted. Which also gives clues on: When are you active, what region are you from, etc.

I mean - Maybe I'm too suspicious but tbh the more I read into this, the more I get a bad feeling about this...

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[-] NicestDicerest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. That is exactly what I wanted to say. Thank you!

I have a bad feeling about this. Companies can sneak in easily (As Meta is doing now), Governments can sneak in easily, Stalkers, Criminals, everyone.

I could literally go, setup and instance and get most of you data in an blink of an eye. I don't know. This gives me the chills

this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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