Comment on Pixelfed leaks private posts from other Fediverse instances - fiona fokus
manicdave@feddit.uk 4 weeks agoHonestly pixelfed should have just not fixed it. It’s a fediverse problem that can be fixed and mastodon is just misleading people.
Platforms should either make it clear that it means just that the post isn’t advertised by default on all platforms but is always accessible to anyone that wants it or actually implement e2e encryption.
PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 4 weeks ago
I’m not sure I would go that far. A lot of “trust and safety” type things are like this, just soft boundaries to try to shape the types of interactions people are going to get themselves into to be a little more on the pleasant side. There’s nothing wrong with Pixelfed trying to show some honor to the same advisory boundary. The real problem comes into it when projects like Mastodon start giving people the impression that “private” posts that are federated out are going to be able to stay private. As long as the user expectation is clear that it’s just an advisory setting that will tweak the algorithms for showing the post in non-assurable ways, it is fine.