The fediverse is a privacy nightmare
blog.bloonface.com
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!

  • CifrareVerba@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That article is pure FUD. No new discoveries and is made to garner clicks.

    This is applicable to every community based service. Twitter, Facebook, Discord, Forums, etc.

    Like every other service, don’t post personal information about yourself online, and you won’t be doxxed.