Natanji ‏(old account)Jul 6, 2017
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Since it is coming up again:

Mastodon isn't private.

Expect anything you toot to be visible to everyone, regardless of your settings for visibility.

Mastodon is built on a system that isn't appropriate for private conversation and the work arounds for private toots and the like are not in any way robust against someone just ignoring them.

Jul 6, 2017 at 9:25amWeb
Show threadJORGETECH (The Spλce Biker)Jul 6, 2017
@inmysocks That's not exclusive to mastodon, this can happen with any social network. If you want private and encrypted communication there are a lot of alternatives (e.g. Signal).
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@JORGETECH yes, that is kinda the point of what I said.

Although the dependence on phones makes me dislike signal.

Show threadJORGETECH (The Spλce Biker)Jul 6, 2017
@inmysocks Signal was just an example I gave, I bet there are many others that are not phone dependent.
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@JORGETECH yes, I mentioned two of them in my original toot.
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKJul 6, 2017

@inmysocks perhaps a lot of folk here are way too young to remember CB radio being a popular hobby - there are are some parallels with this subculture (although today you have more features).

Anyone could join in and communicate on whatever frequencies were legal in their country (or take a chance with eluding the authorities) - but none of it was private, anyone else with a radio scanner and recording equipment could monitor the transmissions.

Show threadMarsxyzJul 6, 2017
@inmysocks why can't we rely on private toot. If we trust the instance admin of both user its okay, no ?
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@marsxyz it can go to other non-mastodon instances, and it is possible for it to go to unknown instances. The OStatus stuff doesn't support restricting where a post goes.
Show threadMarsxyzJul 6, 2017
@inmysocks oh. I didn't knew... Too bad. No workaround ?
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@marsxyz the workaround is to use an appropriate tool for private conversations instead of mastodon.