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How is decentralized social media more private if all the data is public and shared? (lemmy.world)
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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It’s not, never was, and never claimed to be.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Except, I guess, in that it can be pseudonymous. It's possible somebody knows who I am in real life, but it's also possible they don't (given the way I always connect). You may or may not count that under your definition of "private".

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Security through obscurity is not real security.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's not security through obscurity. That would be if I reversed all my posts front-to-back without telling you, or something. Anonymity and pseudonymity are totally legit things with a long and continuing history.