sungo_enothereApr 6, 2017

About risk profile:

- Mastodon is like email because you can't delete federated toots
- Mastodon is like twitter in that Google's search bots index it, unless your admins robot.txt it away
- Mastodon is like being a teenager because the people that own your instance can see all your private stuff

Have a talk with your admin about their policies.

By default, assume everyone will be able to read your toots forever.

Show threadBenjamin Bayart
@sungo Whatever the tool, the admin can always access more than you think. The main difference is that on Mastodon, the admin is a friend I choose and trust. While on Twitter or FB, the admin is a friend the NSA/US-Government choose and trust.
May 17, 2017 at 5:52amWeb
Show threadJérôme Moinet 🍺 ☭May 17, 2017
@sungo @bayartb my thoughts is that the average user does not have a friend that runs a mastodon instance. So the average user will chose a random instance or will ask average users friends for a trusted instance, wich will lead to another random instance with potentially no privacy concern.
Not so different from mail, indeed.
Show threadOlivier DOSSMANNMay 17, 2017
@bayartb friends mostly are our best ennemies.