@rysiek @munin @nolan @bcrypt another implication of entering your webfinger id on a remote !Ostatus instance is: that remote instance learns your current IP address AND your webfinger id together.

Even if you may have a dynamic IP this can be used for #geolocating your position or to scan your IP for open ports. Maybe not what privacy-minded people expect.

Now that there are #company-owned large Mastodon instances this could become an issue.