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Bridgy Fed, a bridge between the Fediverse and other protocols such as BlueSky, is using an opt-out model and that raises a lot of discussion (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Github ticket: https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/835

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In ActivityPub, you have the freedom to defederate.

This bridge doesn't allow you to do so, I can understand why people have issues with it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So/so.

You only have the option if it's your instance that you're having defederated. You cannot prevent anyone from:

Spinning up a new instance then federating with you, then bridging the content from there to the defederated instance.
Simply using a web-scraper and a bot to post your stuff on another instance.

The second part is basically what is happening here.

Importantly, I feel people misunderstand on a fundamental level what it means to post things openly on the internet. Your only way to prevent this is simply to not post to a site that people can access freely and without a process through which you are vetting them for whether you trust them. As in: Just like IRL when you decide whether to tell things to friends or acquaintences or well, not.

But, on the web, you not only cannot prevent someone taking your public data and copying it over to wherever they so desire, you don't even know since they could be posting it in a place that you in turn have no access to so you cannot see it there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@Blaze What do you mean by "doesn't allow you to do so"? Instance can block bridge domain and it will not be federated

How is it different from the rest of instances?

@Carighan

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Instance can block bridge domain and it will not be federated

I was referring to the

Put the text #nobridge in your profile bio, refresh your profile on your user page, and Bridgy Fed will stop bridging your account. Or feel free to send me a request privately.

https://fed.brid.gy/docs#opt-out

Seems like defederation is not enough in this case, as it's not mentioned as a way to opt-out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's user level changes. You can still defed from the bridge. It actually makes this whole situation even more ridiculous. If you don't agree with who your instance federates with you fucking leave.