I'm sure it's not massively known quite yet, so I'll mention them again:
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Exerra :wee:replied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
@[email protected] I mean, there are ways to opt out, and it seem's like a sort of bridge between the Fediverse and Telegram, so, as you said so yourself:
Any implementation that's "opt-in" is dead at the start because we can't teach everyone a lesson.
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Owl!๐ฆreplied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
These posts are public, everything is public here, anyone could use this data for any purpose.
Usually when people talk about privacy violation, it is about selling personal data, like legal name, email, home address, private encrypted messages, etc. Stuff that is highly sensitive and pretty much wasn't intended to be known by anyone except a certain party.
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Exerra :wee: last edited by
@exerra Legitimate businesses don't make new domains when they're blocked and normal users here don't expect that their followers would sell their posts....unless you do?๐คจ
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Owl!๐ฆ last edited by
@lonelyowl normal users don't expect that their followers would be the ones selling their data.
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Greg Scallan :verified_red:replied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
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Owl!๐ฆreplied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
Then "normal users" have a twisted understanding of the word "public". You make a post, don't put any restrictions on it, you don't encrypt it, it is visible to EVERYONE, but you don't expect it to be scraped for by a stranger, for some reason. This kind of brainrot is responsible for a fact that we don't have a normal bsky bridge...
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Owl!๐ฆ last edited by
@lonelyowl nah. I said followers for a reason. Are you selling my posts?
The enemy I know as my friend feels worse than the enemy I don't know at all.
As you can tell, I'm very public. I don't have worries. But others do.
If I set my account to approve follows and actually approve a follower, that's not permission to sell the posts, I think.
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
@lonelyowl though, since I have your permission, I'll let you know when I find a buyer, so I can give you your 0% commission.
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Owl!๐ฆreplied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
No problem, dude, i'm an anti-copyright extremist anyway, you can assume all my stuff is public domain
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Greg Scallan :verified_red: last edited by
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Owl!๐ฆ last edited by
@lonelyowl me too, but it's just strange to think of allowing someone into your circle explicitly and expecting them to do things with your posts.
In that sense, even private posts could be sold because they allowed a follower.
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Shoesmithlcreplied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
@BeAware @lonelyowl key word here expect! As they still assume everything is lock up
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Shoesmithlc last edited by
@Shoesmithlc @lonelyowl especially the ones with follower approvals and followers only posts.
This strategy could allow those posts to be sold.
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Shoesmithlcreplied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
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Owl!๐ฆreplied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
Well, scraping someone's follower-only posts is indeed a dubious thing. From one perspective, it is worth mentioning that "follower-only" posts are in fact not protected, they are broadcasted to everyone anyway, and could be made public by a pleroma mrf policy (like the one annihilation.social is using).
From other perspective it is a rather bad behavior. Anyway, stop assuming your posts here to be "protected", it is dumb and, honestly, dangerous.You still can block people and instances if you don't like them for whatever reason, though.
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Owl!๐ฆ last edited by [email protected]
@lonelyowl sure, that's why I'm posting about it. So that those that find this behavior dubious can easily block them.
Just helping others who may not BeAware such things are possible.
People cannot block stuff they're unaware of.
Furthermore, block evasion is against MANY instances rules.
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Owl!๐ฆreplied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
Don't forget to also mention that their posts are public, and they should keep that in mind before posting anything, otherwise bad things could happen ๐ง
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Owl!๐ฆ last edited by
@lonelyowl I've said that hundreds of times, no?
If you haven't seen them, I urge you to search my posts. I have at least a few dozen.
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@Shoesmithlc @BeAware @jspath55 at least on Mastodon, there are a whole lot more people who fight for the users!
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