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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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[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Security through obscurity is not real security.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's not security through obscurity. That would be if I reversed all my posts front-to-back without telling you, or something. Anonymity and pseudonymity are totally legit things with a long and continuing history.