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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I saw this question at ask lemmy and the answers were'nt much satisfactory or serious for my taste . So what stops admins from doxxing its users ? (lemmy.today)

submitted 8 months ago by The_wild_card@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Like even if they have nothing else they could just leak IP is there any law against it ? Or any technical aspect stopping them ?

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

A notable way to protect against this is to use a VPN. Then the operator only knows you use a VPN.

Also need to be careful of what you write in comments (this is a public forum!). People sometimes write a surprising amount of detail about their life and it makes it much easier to narrow you down to a single individual the more you do it.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Eh, have faith in people

Even on Reddit, I was always 100% honest about living in Monetenagro as a Canadian Mexican immigrant. Sure life is busy as CEO of Disney but I always make time to attend a Lakers game with Leonardo DiCaprio when I'm visiting Panama.

But to comb thru a large account would take a bot to look for keywords and frequency mentioned.

So if you're concerned about it, a less honest person could just randomly make outrageous but specific claims. Even when in the same comments and obviously contradictory, it would throw it off as long as you're not constantly disclosing identifying information

That's how I was able to become Batman and buy a house in Tokyo anyways

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

The biggest thing is don’t accidentally give away your security questions to reset passwords to anything important.

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Ewwww ! Imagine having faith in people... gross !!

[–] The_wild_card@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yea after all that has happened you want faith GET RELIGION

[–] ioslife@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m gonna put some dirt in your eye

[–] The_wild_card@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago

Glad someone got the referance