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half-aspirational Aug 17, 2018

HEY GUYS:

Adrienne Leigh has a truly excellent and very important run down on the SEVERE AND PERVASIVE PRIVACY ISSUES ON THIS SERVICE. i'm not taking about OPSEC, I'm talking about BASIC PRIVACY SAFETY AND IMPERSONATION ISSUES.

PLEASE READ AND SHARE, Y'ALL

https://twitter.com/adrienneleigh/status/850061121184604160

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“So, Mastodon. Just FYI, if a SINGLE hostile user on a SINGLE malicious instance follows you, all your posts may be kept forever --”

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mediumvillain Aug 17, 2018

@ohtazer the idea is mainly that theres rly no such thing as private messages on mastodon, everything you post is out there for someone you might not have intended it for, and dont assume instances are a safe way around that

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half-aspirational

@mediumvillain yeah, that's pretty much the main thing i want to get across to people. i don't think it's necessary implicitly understood how many people could possibly have access to your words that are ostensibly set for certain eyes only.