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How is decentralized social media more private if all the data is public and shared? (self.explainlikeimfive)
submitted 9 months ago by Aurelius to c/explainlikeimfive
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

There is no one place to get everyone's private data (IP addresses, email addresses). It is of course still possible that someone may get that data from one instance, but that gives them data from only a small subset.