Privacy drove me off reddit, I looked around for these answers but not sure where to come across them.

  1. Am I sharing my IP address/ location with my host instance?
  2. is there a log of my view history
  3. are there general privacy concerns that I am not thinking of?

I do not want to be in a position where a Government creates an instance, and allows them to monitor.

  • Froyn@kbin.social
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    1 year ago
    1. How else is your host instance supposed to communicate if it doesn’t know your IP?
      Knowing just an IP can give a rough geographical location. If sharing your IP/Location is part of what you consider privacy; I recommend a VPN with location services. Then you can be anywhere/everywhere and the Instance only talks to your VPN IP.
    2. Your instance geddit.social would be best to answer questions regarding the operation of their instance. I’m fairly certain that would be the only place a history could be saved.
    3. Privacy/Security starts at home, see #1.

    A “Government Instance” would have to have approval from your instance to Federate with your instance. It’d be easier for them to call/email your ISP or skip the ISP and talk to your modem.