• Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
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        8 months ago

        Could always go to excessive measures, your own cloud hosted VPN node to hop to an external provider or similar. Unless you’re a major target nobody wants to deal with multiple providers and jurisdictions.

          • HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works
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            8 months ago

            Or you can use the old trick of hiding a small computer in a fake charger and leaving it plugged in at a nearby business that you don’t like.

  • nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 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.zip
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      8 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.de
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        8 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.