• HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    The Tl;dr is that ‘stuff you write using Fediverse protocols is effectively public, so don’t post stuff you want to keep private’

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          The same way they do on Facebook and Instagram. By using the vast amount of data they have already collected.

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            1 year ago

            So really, the headline, according to you should be “only not writing anything on the public web will be enough to protect your privacy”. You argument has nothing specifically to do with the Fediverse or Threads federating.

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              I think the point is that we should all agree to limit Facebook’s access to our data.

              Federating helps them do shitty things and that seems bad.

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                Yes, I agree about Facebook. But over exaggerating the threat to privacy that federation poses isn’t the way to do it, in my opinion. Instead there should be a clear, well-informed and accurate risk assessment

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                  Okay but his risk was still real.

                  Facebook will aggregate your online data and deanonymize things you didn’t want exposed.

                  Privacy matters and every inch is worth fighting for at this point because we’ve lost so much.

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                    That’s just fear mongering based on extremely contrived examples. It also has nothing to do with federation, it is trivial for any actor, whatever their resources, to access all the information in the fediverse.

                    Don’t be a boomer. Leverage security in public. Have alts and personas. Stay focused instead of falling for corporate astroturfing that tries to decredibilize new initiatives.