And realistically, there’s nothing stopping them from setting up a bunch of nondescript shell instances to gather data anyway.
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thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
allowing them to hoover up our data
Hate to break it to you, but the fediverse is public. Most instances don’t even require an account for read-only access. If Facebook wants your data they don’t need to federate to get it.
JonEFive@midwest.social 6 months ago
muddybulldog@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Don’t even need that. Fifteen minutes To set up your own instance. The entirety of Lemmy still fits on a decent thumb drive.