• curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    The problem is its already pretty public, just for mods and admins, and non-lemmy instances.

    While I agree its not ideal to have everything be public, given it functionally already is, this just makes it easier for users to see. Right now its a minor hurdle, but still a hurdle - but your votes are not really private/anonymous to start with.

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      4 months ago

      I personally think it should be locked down and votes should be kept under a very tight lock and key.

      I posted this already as a response, so I’ll sort of post it here. If we start mapping users to their IRL selves, and agencies can start capturing what someone votes on, you have a few problems. 1) Marketing agencies selling your data again. 2) Governments can start using someones posts against them. You’re might not, but there are several that will. And Lemmy is a global platform.

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        4 months ago

        I absolutely agree that its a problem. The problem is there is nothing stopping companies/governments from doing that now, and I don’t know if its feasible to make them actually private on Lemmy.

        Right now, they aren’t private, you just need a few extra steps to see it all.

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          4 months ago

          Agreed. I’ve never liked that it’s already as public as it is. I remember when Lemmy was taking off and there was a discussion and to me it seemed like people were in favor of Lemmy stepping up user security, but seems that never happened. If user security isn’t critical, than the Fediverse is a complete failure and should NOT be used by anyone for any reason.

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        4 months ago

        If you are particularly concerned that you’re going to be identified IRL based on your participation online, you should be changing your identity frequently rather than using the same account for a year+.