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While I hope that I’m wrong, there is at least a very real possibility that in the immediate future, the US empire will launch an unprovoked and immoral attack on a socialist state (Venezuela) in order to secure that country’s resources. It is understandable that, should that happen, many of you will be feeling extreme anger at these acts and post about it here.

In light of that, the admins and mods of Hexbear figured we’d remind everyone:

No fedposting

That includes, but is not limited to, talking about threats of violence against people or groups of people; including if you add “in minecraft” or “[redacted]”.

We really don’t need to come under fed scrutiny (or worse). Ultimately, fed posting doesn’t even serve much purpose other than “blowing off steam” – and that comes at the cost of potentially putting the site and its users in legal jeopardy. There are more productive ways to vent that anger.

Also, if you end up having a comment removed for fed posting, I’d urge you to not take it personally.

And saying this as a user, not an admin: a little revolutionary optimism never hurt anyone. We must have clear eyes about reality, but as socialists we also should have faith in the power of people to resist oppression.

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah we have an international community, but afaik the admins can't see ip addresses and locations?

[–] Chana@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

Admins could always reverse that policy or, much more likely, configure something wrong accidentally, and easily expose IPs. With the way the internet works the sender IP is always "leaked", it is just a matter of how careful the recipient is with the information. You should use precautions to avoid exposure but then act like you don't have any, as none of them are foolproof.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah but they can make clearer rules that make sense outside of an American context, especially when it comes to protecting the site and admins.

Doubt the feds here will start an investigation for joking about blowing Elon's head off. But you might get into trouble for wishing misfortune on the IDF or even just talking about freeing Palestine between bodies of water.

[–] 10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well imagine you're joking, you're joking, and then somebody actually does it.

Honestly even intels probably dont have unlimited funding given our overlord are hoarding all the money so you'd prolly go through the nets but why tease the devil

[–] 10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

They can.

Not only that but their provider can unless they host the website on a good old server on somebody's desk.

If you're slightly computer-savyy I think the best option is to rent a vps in a random country and put wireguard VPN.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They can.

Lemmy doesn't log IPs anywhere so they're not associated with an account.

[–] 10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lemmy maybe, but what about the OS or architecture? This can be broken through temporal attack. They could know what IP connects when and cross that with the actual posting.

Not trying to fearmonger ofc. But it's to be considered.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

You're absolutely right, of course. I think (hopefully) the admins configured the web server to not log IP addresses, so compromising the server at least wouldn't retroactively leak user IPs.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're slightly computer-savyy I think the best option is to rent a vps in a random country and put wireguard VPN.

Better to use a VPN provider in a favorable jurisdiction so you're sharing an IP with others and there are legal barriers.

[–] 10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

unsure. Legal barriers arent the only barriers and rule of law only goes so far. I mean VPNs are giving informations all the time.

Maybe we should do hexbear VPN. best of both

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean VPNs are giving informations all the time.

True (depending on the VPN), but also true of VPS providers.

[–] 10TH_OF_SEPTEMBER_CALL@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

True. The only solution is a solar panel, rotating bitcoin paid e-sim card and a rasp. The silkroad way