this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2025
75 points (100.0% liked)
Privacy
3219 readers
9 users here now
Welcome! This is a community for all those who are interested in protecting their privacy.
Rules
PS: Don't be a smartass and try to game the system, we'll know if you're breaking the rules when we see it!
- Be civil and no prejudice
- Don't promote big-tech software
- No apathy and defeatism for privacy (i.e. "They already have my data, why bother?")
- No reposting of news that was already posted
- No crypto, blockchain, NFTs
- No Xitter links (if absolutely necessary, use xcancel)
Related communities:
Some of these are only vaguely related, but great communities.
founded 8 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Its possible the Gov't knows who actually owns this account just due to the massive snooping done by alphabet soup agencies. I find it unlikely my ISP is breaking my quantum encrypted VPN just for ads, and I find it unlikely my linux router and linux computer are spying on me.
Yeah, that would require some serious commitment from the spooks. So really depends if your shit posting is national security concern lol
TBH, I am pretty sure half of fedi will be sent into Gitmo in the future
They don't need to break encryption. You have an account to post here, and I'm assuming you are using the same device to access other services you have which also use accounts, right? Now, suppose your IP address doesn't rotate very often, it would be very easy for a company like Google to relate at least a few accounts to start building a profile.
Then, since posting here is pretty easy to scrape, even more data can be collected... like the fact that you use a linux router and OS. The profile keeps getting bigger with every new interaction, and at some point, it won't even matter if your IP changes, because there may be enough static data somewhere that could be linked to a different account (i.e. your phone, phone's OS, screen size, etc. can be used to isolate you from other users).