Aurelius@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow is decentralized social media more private if all the data is public and shared?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow is decentralized social media more private if all the data is public and shared?Aurelius@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s not, never was, and never claimed to be.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoExcept, 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”.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoSecurity through obscurity is not real security.
It’s not, never was, and never claimed to be.
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”.
Security through obscurity is not real security.