The downside of everything being federated is that it's really easy to listen in. Make sure to keep yourself anonymous online!
These are public forums. Anyone can look what’s going on here.
This is not a private space.
There are probably fediverse instances being run by governments for surveillance purposes
Submitted 4 days ago by LostXOR@fedia.io to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 days ago
This is my private place. Eveything is neat and clean.
P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I wish I could say the same. Tissues and lotion everywhere.
jqubed@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I don’t think they really need to run an instance to conduct surveillance on the Fediverse. Maybe it makes things easier, but a lot of this is public anyway. Just because Google isn’t putting a lot of this in search results yet doesn’t mean it can’t be scraped by people who are interested in scraping it.
delusion@lemmy.myserv.one 3 days ago
Running free instances is a) way easier if you’re a government, and b) gives you important moderation control.
Also, a government running an instance that allows and promotes material that is very critical of said government could very well happen. It might sound contradictory, but allows for future control over “problematic” movements, if the need ever occurs.
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I bet the Kremlin is sponsoring one at least
bstix@feddit.dk 3 days ago
It’s Nicole, isn’t it?
henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 days ago
I consider Lemmy to be more pseudonymous. Which is to say, I am mostly anonymous to most users, it wouldn’t take much for someone with resources to pester my instance to giving up my IP.
TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 4 days ago
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Probably, there are also bots on lemmy already bcz it’s grown quite a bit. They are definitely trying to direct the conversation as well.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
If you’re going to start spreading conspiracies about bots astroturfing our small corner of the internet you’re gonna need to present at least some modicum of evidence.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Easy: “Everyone I don’t like is either a shill or a bot!”
Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Uh, the Russia is doing that on every possible platform. Why would ours be an exception? What makes Lemmy so special?
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
According to lemmygrad, if you aren’t a absolute Vanguardist Marxist-Leninist Hardliner, you’re a CIA sleeper agent.
misteloct@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That reminds me of the time I bought a CyberTruck, my other IRL Lemmy friends thought I was super cool for buying a CyberTruck. Basically everyone on Lemmy owns a CyberTruck. Really great financing rates for CyberTruck, am I right guys?
GluWu@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Dear Feds, My name is Walter Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104. This is my confession. If you’re reading this comment, I’m probably dead- murdered by my brother-in-law, Hank Schrader. Hank has been building a meth empire for over a year now, and using me as his chemist. Shortly after my 50th birthday, he asked that I use my chemistry knowledge to cook methamphetamine, which he would then sell using connections that he made through his career with the DEA. I was… astounded. I… I always thought Hank was a very moral man, and I was particularly vulnerable at the time – something he knew and took advantage of. I was reeling from a cancer diagnosis that was poised to bankrupt my family. Hank took me in on a ride-along and showed me just how much money even a small meth operation could make. And I was weak. I didn’t want my family to go into financial ruin, so I agreed. Hank had a partner, a businessman named Gustavo Fring. Hank sold me into servitude to this man. And when I tried to quit, Fring threatened my family. I didn’t know where to turn. Eventually, Hank and Fring had a falling out. Things escalated. Fring was able to arrange – uh, I guess… I guess you call it a “hit” – on Hank, and failed, but Hank was seriously injured. And I wound up paying his medical bills, which amounted to a little over $177,000. Upon recovery, Hank was bent on revenge. Working with a man named Hector Salamanca, he plotted to kill Fring. The bomb that he used was built by me, and he gave me no option in it. I have often contemplated s-icide, but I’m a coward. I wanted to go to the police, but I was frightened. Hank had risen to become the head of the Albuquerque DEA. To keep me in line, he took my children. For three months, he kept them. My wife had no idea of my criminal activities, and was horrified to learn what I had done. I was in hell. I hated myself for what I had brought upon my family. Recently, I tried once again to quit, and in response, he gave me this. [Walt points to the bruise on his face left by Hank in “Blood Money.”] I can’t take this anymore. I live in fear every day that Hank will kill me, or worse, hurt my family. All I could think to do was to make this video and hope that the world will finally see this man for what he really is.
ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Sounds like someone who was big into monitoring would say.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I use NoScript and uBlock. For this page, there are eighteen different scripts that want to run, but I only allow the two that seem necessary for basic functionality.
Apart from using Tor and allowing zero scripts to run, we have little hope of even pseudo-anonymity on the internet, and increasingly in our every-day lives.
We, as a people, tolerate the surveillance state as long as they increase the surveillance incrementally over generations, distract us with shiny toys, and keep us fighting amongst ourselves over irrelevant subjects.
madame_gaymes@programming.dev 4 days ago
Just know that various governments have been confirmed to be running their own Tor nodes and monitoring traffic. To the point where they can de-anonymize some stuff in the right conditions.
medium.com/…/a-brief-history-of-government-survei…
Then you have the whole KAX17 thing.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That attack type is mitigated both through protocol updates and network management.
It hasn’t been a problem for several years.
That isn’t to say that you should trust TOR completely, just that you don’t have to worry about sybil attacks on the network.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
What else are you going to use?
I think the actual risk for a single low priority individual is low. However, run a node of you can. Also install the snowflake extension
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Will do, Francis Bacon Tumminowson III of Wilburville, Kentucky!
Tungsten5@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Thats why you make an account with no info attached to you. And run a vpn. Not fool proof, but better than nothing
Maiq@lemy.lol 2 days ago
Remember to avoid the ask lemmy posts like:
Whats your favorite pets name, what street did you grow up on, do you like cut or uncut, etc…
Tungsten5@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Depends on my mood. Ive never had uncut but am curious. I’m half cut (shaft-wise direction)
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
Something like Tor, and a proper education in keeping identities compartmentalized would be more appropriate for a use-case where someone is trying to maintain anonymity. VPN is mostly only good for a bit of wifi security and piracy.
rippermonty@feddit.uk 3 days ago
How does a vpn help with anonymity?
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
IP address won’t report back to your home country nor location. Reputable VPN providers will fight to protect your anonymity.
imnotafish@midwest.social 4 days ago
I’m in the US and joined a leftist instance. I hide in plain sight lol
greybeard@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Please don’t underestimate the ignorance and stupidity of the current administration and please stop giving them ideas that they would be unlikely to find on their own.
Little8Lost@lemmy.world 4 days ago
There are some fedi scrapers.
At least some people on Mastodon really noticed it after they managed to look up their name on chatGPTAt least for a while (dont know the current case) some people bragged about being able to scrape fedi content or something
Dont know it some of the scrapers are gov spies tho
Gonna edit this after finding the saved messages that support my comment, needs probably a while ;.;
ramble81@lemm.ee 4 days ago
There are also instances that most likely exist just to suck up data for AI/LLM training. People were up in arms about it happening on Reddit and trying to torch their comments when here they’re giving it away for free and there are less bots because it’s a newer platform.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
I honestly don’t care as long as the bots don’t cause a denial of service
HubertManne@piefed.social 4 days ago
Im not scared. Ill lay it all out. im Hubert Manne. Thats H-U-B-E-R-T and I live at 1397 Prince Ave, Athens, GA 30606. My ssn is 123-45-6789. Are you bro enough, to come at me?
crawancon@lemm.ee 4 days ago
thank you for the reminder, Robert Paulson.
4oreman@lemy.lol 1 day ago
theybgonna get real bored if they look at mine
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 4 days ago
I’ve always considered myself a small enough target that it’s unlikely very many people give a shit.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
His name is Robert Paulson
All together now
fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Hi, I’m the CEO of antifa.