Comment on Upvotes and downvotes are public information on Lemmy
npdean@lemmy.today 1 day agoIf I know the things you post/vote about and I know your general location (from IP), I can use that along with other metrics from other usage of your IP (on other websites) to get a fairly accurate location and profile of who you are. One slip up in a comment or a post and I can probably know your name and address.
This is assuming someone is specifically targeting you. But as tech advances, it might already be possible for the average person to do this on a large number of people. Big tech does it already.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Post or vote? As you appear to be specifically butthurt about people being able to see how you vote? Or perhaps you would like your posts to not be visible?
You don’t.
You don’t.
You don’t.
Yeah, if I put in my name and address when commenting 🙄
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 1 day ago
Fuck, I’ve been on the internet from the mid 90’s - with very few handles…
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I knew from the beginning that you should always expect the worst.
Never gave my name or info unless absolutely necessary.
Even avoided smarthphones until last year, from then it was simply forced upon me since there was no other option for many services.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 1 day ago
meh, my cell phone number and name is even on the internet - the joy of being a site manager
npdean@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Admins can have IPs. What do you mean “you don’t”?
Every IP has a geolocation.
You underestimate how much information we leak through just using the Internet.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Precisely what I said. You don’t. Admins can - you know, like Reddit admins.
Yes, downvoting is definitely “information leaking”.
Look, you don’t like that anyone could see how you voted, I get it. That’s your view and it is fine. But stop making it a privacy issue as it isn’t one.