How much control/access does my instance owner haver over my account? (lemy.lol)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by AchillesUltimate@lemy.lol to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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

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[-] WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Your instance owner can easily change your password and log in as you.

You can counter that by using multiple accounts from different instances. Use at least 3, if one is compromised, you have the other 2 to counter any impersonation attempts. Make sure you link your other instance profiles in every profile description page. Then use an archive website to save each profile page. If any 1 account is compromised, use the other 2 to tell people the account has been taken over by someone else. And you have the archived profile page that links to the alt accounts to verify that it is indeed your 2 alts.

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