• nothacking@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    191·
    9 months ago

    The simple fact that lemmy federates posts will mitigate the problems posed by this. For example if they want your IP, they need to go to lemmy.today, but for mine they will need to go to tchncs.de. If we were using reddit, they would be able to get everyone’s address with just one request. The more small instances there are, the harder it becomes.

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      I don’t understand all of how federation works, but couldn’t they just roll their own instance and just collect all the data they get from federating?

      • Lightdm@feddit.deEnglish
        7·
        9 months ago

        AFAIK they would get the info “which user said what”. The source would be what ever instance you are from tho, not your own ip. So the owner of a instance knows as much as everyone else.

          • tdgoodman@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            52·
            9 months ago

            Saying “I pirated XYZ”, though, is admitting to a criminal act, and can be used in court if linked strongly to a person through their account information and IP address.

            • circuitfarmer@lemmy.worldEnglish
              8·
              9 months ago

              I’m not sure that’s actually true. I’m not a lawyer but I suspect it would take more than an internet comment saying “I did it.”

            • LimeWire@lemmy.cafeEnglish
              3·
              9 months ago

              Arr there matey, I’ve been pirating them cat videos over them interwebs again. I love Cox, they even know that I pirate all the cat videos and they just tosh the any letters that they get pertaining to my activities on the intertubes into their paper shredder.

              Is this an admission? While it would seem like it, I think not. How does anyone know what is true or not, especially when it’s on the internet. Like me, am I the real LimeWire? How can you be sure?