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[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Yes, but as long as you don’t reveal your identity, they can’t do much to track you.

They don’t have access to your IP.

Of course, it you’re using the same username over multiple services, or reveal identifying information (which is much easier to analyse now due to AI) they will be able to track you.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

My name is actually Ricky Rigatoni and I am King of the Brooklyn Mafia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Is IP not logged anywhere in Lemmy/ ActivityPub?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If image embeds aren't cached by your server they can be abused to gain IP, but that's a hack, it's not intended.

[–] Die4Ever 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can set a Lemmy server to proxy image requests

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Exactly, that's why I said for ones that aren't cached. They can be cached, but it's not a guarantee they will be.

[–] Die4Ever 1 points 4 days ago

Proxying is a separate option from caching. I think it was added in 0.19.5

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I think server admins can access. It makes sense moderation wise, if for keeping a tab on alts for enforcing permabans.