Theoretically speaking of course ;)

If my home instance gets hacked, what’s the worst case scenario for my personal data?

  • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
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    1 year ago

    In ActivityPub, PMs are just “notes”. They’re comments that don’t get posted in public, essentially. This has the (hilariously awkward) side effect of sending a copy of your entire private conversation if you tag a user you’re gossiping about, especially on Mastodon.

    ActivityPub is not suited for PMs. Use Matrix, XMPP, Signal, or anything else instead. You’re one @someone@example.com away from sharing your message history.

    I guess most people consider them to be a separate thing. I’ll add them to the list.

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      1 year ago

      Haha, neat. That’s good to know! I wish the Lemmy apps would stop advertising PM’s them.

      I don’t think I ever PM’d anyone on Reddit unless it was /r/HardwareSwap anyways.