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[tenpies]

I would honestly love to see a poll of Mastodon users just to see if they understand that administrators can read everything in an instance, even direct messages between users.

It's going to take a few scandals for this to sink in, but it's such a recipe for disaster.

On Twitter, you at least know that it's only three letter agencies reading your DMs. On Mastodon, it could be some Reddit moderator type that makes it their life mission to destroy you.

[officialchicken → tenpies]

How is that any different from threaded news groups, forums, and reddit threads?

And because this must be true for every admin on every server on the internet... thank you dang (when you read this)!

[dev_hugepages → tenpies]

If you're targeted or sharing sensitive info, it's best to use encryption.