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The someone still has my address, right? Getting it off Lemmy doesn't really do much.
I think that people using the Fediverse generally want there to be more transparency and more control by the users and less in the hands of a few admins. We've all seen how Reddit took control over users info and comments over the years. There's a push here to not let that happen.
Well it would prevent others from getting to know your address, preventing harm. Transparency is good, but I’m just afraid that immutable transparency easily be exploited by ill-minded people.
There’s a similar debate in blockchain, where people have put CSAM into the Bitcoin blockchain where it will be forever stored.
I guess it’s the old debate of freedom vs security.
There are ways for admins to step in on that kind of rule breaking, I believe. And I hope that's true in the case that any CSAM might appear on Lemmy.
Lol yeah, it really is a rehashing of freedom vs security, isn't it?
I see. I hope I’ll have more time to research how ActivityPub and Fediverse work. I’m sure people much smarter than me spent a lot more time thinking about these things than I have…😅
Thanks for posting the question anyway! It generated some good convo