Comment on Introducing New Fediverse Software, Goofed v0.0.1, Minimum Viable Shitpost Edition
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
I’ve never understood the point of hosting your own single user instance - can anyone explain?
Comment on Introducing New Fediverse Software, Goofed v0.0.1, Minimum Viable Shitpost Edition
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
I’ve never understood the point of hosting your own single user instance - can anyone explain?
meldrik@lemmy.wtf 3 weeks ago
Digital sovereignty.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
Of what exactly?
admin@scrapetacular.ydns.eu 3 weeks ago
A personal reason is that your identity on the fediverse is defined by who owns your private key (used for cryptographically signing your posts), and your domain, anybody who owns these can impersonate you or modify your posts without your knowledge.
I control both now so I’m UNSPEZABLE.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
That’s not really an issue in reality. You’re afraid of an instance owner posting under your account?