Privacy

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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I saw this question at ask lemmy and the answers were'nt much satisfactory or serious for my taste . So what stops admins from doxxing its users ? (lemmy.today)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Like even if they have nothing else they could just leak IP is there any law against it ? Or any technical aspect stopping them ?

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

An IP address by itself isn't going to let you dox users unless you have access to the databases that map these to the subscriber accounts. Typically, you would need to be an ISP or law enforcement to do this, but you can also purchase this information from a data broker if you know what you're doing.

With that said, there is absolutely nothing stopping the instance operator from getting your IP address. You're connecting to his or her computer which they own, so they can easily see where you're connecting from.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

A notable way to protect against this is to use a VPN. Then the operator only knows you use a VPN.

Also need to be careful of what you write in comments (this is a public forum!). People sometimes write a surprising amount of detail about their life and it makes it much easier to narrow you down to a single individual the more you do it.