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[โ€“] 0x0@social.rocketsfall.net 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The funniest part about all this is that so many people apparently joined the Fediverse thinking it was some rock-solid fortress of privacy when it's the exact opposite by design. I've seen multiple posts over the last week where people seem absolutely freaked out that Meta is going to be getting their data, meanwhile anyone with a basic knowledge of Docker and networking can spin up an instance, federate with everything, and get a steady stream of that data 24/7 to use however they want.

If you need privacy, use E2E encrypted chat.

[โ€“] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I remember people complaining about Bluesky's lack of privacy, and tbf there's a lot of privacy/security theatre they do that makes a lot of mixed messaging, but people presenting the fediverse as this privacy-friendly alternative is... laughable, for the reasons you stated.