ardi60 ( ardi60@reddthat.com ) to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoSpam attack on Twitter/X rival Mastodon highlights 'fediverse' vulnerabilitiestechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1139
arrow-up1139external-linkSpam attack on Twitter/X rival Mastodon highlights 'fediverse' vulnerabilitiestechcrunch.comardi60 ( ardi60@reddthat.com ) to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareMnglw ( mnglw@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agobrowser fingerprinting is inherently bad for privacy and would require scripts that nobody wants to run not to mention the GDPR issues with servers having that amount of data
minus-squarecmnybo ( cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoI’m not a fan of fingerprinting either, although good luck avoiding it considering just how much of the web is behind Cloudflare.
minus-squareMnglw ( mnglw@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 years agothe fediverse largely prides itself on no tracking, in fact in the past instances that used cloudflare have been harshly criticised. This is against the fediverse’s core values
minus-squarexthexder ( xthexder@l.sw0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoI’ve had my server behind Cloudflare this entire time. Should I not be doing that? At a minimum I need something to hide my server’s real IP.
browser fingerprinting is inherently bad for privacy and would require scripts that nobody wants to run
not to mention the GDPR issues with servers having that amount of data
I’m not a fan of fingerprinting either, although good luck avoiding it considering just how much of the web is behind Cloudflare.
the fediverse largely prides itself on no tracking, in fact in the past instances that used cloudflare have been harshly criticised.
This is against the fediverse’s core values
I’ve had my server behind Cloudflare this entire time. Should I not be doing that? At a minimum I need something to hide my server’s real IP.