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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy fuck that article is tendentious as fuck. I'm not too fond of anarchists politically but I trust them with my data far more than I trust Mr Zuck or Mr Musk

[–] SpaceNoodle 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Damn, I learned a new word today and I'm not even out of bed yet. That's a good one!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

I concur, that's one for the back pocket!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

@SpaceNoodle In Polish we have "tendencyjny" and I was looking for something similar and I've found it

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

Fuck the FBI.

  • Sincerely, an anarchist
[–] MeowyNin 16 points 2 years ago

Goes to show the system is insidious and will stop anything it deems a threat. It would have to be completely destroyed to be stopped and its horrifying.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

That last sentence is a bit annoying. Why wouldn't I trust anarchists with data? Did they just pull up a definition of kolektiva without actually understanding what anarchism is? The last sentence really implies they're using the incorrect but common definition of anarchism meaning "no rules" instead of the actual definition "no unjust hierarchies"

[–] SpaceNoodle 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Naïve question: why would user IP addresses be stored?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most websites track IP addresses, keep them in a database, and use them for various things. You can find a lot of information on this online, however in the case of non-profit social media like Mastodon, it can be useful for tracking bad actors and blocking them from access. Most of the time they are used for commercial purposes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yankeecops must be exterminated