private posts are only sent to instances
Well, obviously they’re sent to some other ones, or else this wouldn’t be an issue.
This is a design flaw in the protocol. If your instance is going to send your private posts to other people, they’re not private. The authors need to fix your instance software, not demand that every other software in existence needs to “cooperate” and find out whether they’re “private” and not show them to the users if they are.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Gonna stop you right there
Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Its like email, an email server can decide to expose everyone’s emails to the public, so don’t add that email to your mailing list or email chain.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 week ago
100% yes. But I think people also drastically overestimate the chain of trust within email. Never send anything over email that you don’t want going all over the place.
Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I really wish people (normies) could figure our pgp for email.