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A spam attack that impacted the open source X rival Mastodon, Misskey and other apps highlights how the decentralized social web, also known as the
  • Mnglw@beehaw.org
    21·
    10 months ago

    browser fingerprinting is inherently bad for privacy and would require scripts that nobody wants to run

    not to mention the GDPR issues with servers having that amount of data

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      41·
      10 months ago

      I’m not a fan of fingerprinting either, although good luck avoiding it considering just how much of the web is behind Cloudflare.

      • Mnglw@beehaw.org
        5·
        10 months ago

        the fediverse largely prides itself on no tracking, in fact in the past instances that used cloudflare have been harshly criticised.

        This is against the fediverse’s core values

        • xthexder@l.sw0.com
          1·
          10 months ago

          I’ve had my server behind Cloudflare this entire time. Should I not be doing that? At a minimum I need something to hide my server’s real IP.