Which is most privacy friendly instance of lemmy?
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[email protected] seems pretty active to me.
If it makes you feel any better, I thought the same until I read your comment
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also i can't self-host.
I would think the most privacy friendly would be to make a random user and not give out too much info. There isn’t anything else other than email. Hosting your own instance doesn’t equal privacy either as it’s super obvious since all content on that instance is from that user lol
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I would think the most privacy friendly would be to make a random user and not give out too much info. There isn’t anything else other than email. Hosting your own instance doesn’t equal privacy either as it’s super obvious since all content on that instance is from that user lol
I'm not sure, but I've heard that some instances log IPs.
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also i can't self-host.
hexbear probably
does not require an email for sign-up, does not store ip addresses, and (most of the time) you get posts removed or banned for giving particularly doxxable info -
also i can't self-host.
Given that all Lemmy instances are run by private individuals you should probably think about using a vpn (or dns proxy at the very least) to obfuscate your true location and data. This applies to any mainstream or corporate social media platform, obv.
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also i can't self-host.
What are your goals?
I would say it's really a combination of the instances policies and their jurisdiction, and in terms of jurisdiction it also depends on where you live (e.g. you may have more protections under law if the instance is hosted in your country)
There's also nothing stopping you from using multiple instances — siloing your interaction in different types of communities in different accounts on different instances. This may be useful if part of your privacy concerns are having all of your post / comment data on one account on one instance.
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I'm not sure, but I've heard that some instances log IPs.
I think they all do in the logs.
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Given that all Lemmy instances are run by private individuals you should probably think about using a vpn (or dns proxy at the very least) to obfuscate your true location and data. This applies to any mainstream or corporate social media platform, obv.
Some instances block connection from VPN.
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I think they all do in the logs.
Does each comment store the user’s IP address as well? (Like it would on other forum software?)
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hexbear probably
does not require an email for sign-up, does not store ip addresses, and (most of the time) you get posts removed or banned for giving particularly doxxable infothough if you aren't a communist you won't have a good time unless you have a humiliation kink
I don't want to make jokes but https://hexbear.net/post/4468531
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Some instances block connection from VPN.
So don't use those ones
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So don't use those ones
fair enough.
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Does each comment store the user’s IP address as well? (Like it would on other forum software?)
The Lemmy software seems to only store IPs for login tokens (i.e. on login).
It's likely many instances store IPs short term in access logs as well.
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also i can't self-host.
Privacy and social media don’t go together. Logs of your IP are the least of your worries.
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Some instances block connection from VPN.
lemme.ee doesn't
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also i can't self-host.
Lemmy, and ActivityPub in general, is quite bad for privacy. To the point where I doubt it'd be legal for a company to host a server within the EU. Everything is handled by volunteers and amateurs. Privacy policies are bog standard or barely enforced. You have no idea what servers are using and selling your information, and any server can follow basically any community.
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Privacy and social media don’t go together. Logs of your IP are the least of your worries.
Yeah, especially Lemmy.
Lemmy is apparently bad if you want privacy.
IMO IP logs aren't that big of a deal.
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[email protected] seems pretty active to me.
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though if you aren't a communist you won't have a good time unless you have a humiliation kink
I don't want to make jokes but https://hexbear.net/post/4468531
For what it's worth, they have their domain back. It seems from a skim from the front page they're just deciding how to refederate (allow list or block list, basically they are trying to decide if they will automatically federate with new instances).
At the time of writing this comment the votes are close and allow list is winning (many commenters don't want to federate with new instances unless they are approved).
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also i can't self-host.
Lemmy.ml requires no email. The only person who can doxx you is yourself.
