Wait. What happened here? Did they use Lemmy available system info to effectively doxx someone? That needs to be communicated. I’m aware no where in the internet is private but if it’s a vector a chatter can quickly spool up that needs to be discussed (elsewhere, just seeking confirmation from you here)
Hey I didn’t dox someone getting a public IP just gives a vague area. I didn’t know the info provided by the other user was not publicly available.
Lemmy doesn’t have protection no, but most routers and do.
Actually not that much, they communicate with a IP towards the outside and you can get that public IP, wich gives a vague area (as in next bigger city usually) and no, most routers don’t have something like a killswitch that presents them from spilling the Private IP, that’s one reason VPNs exist.
And the link was just a example of how it can look, If I wanted people to click on it I wouldn’t have said “it will track you”
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Do not post about IPs
Almost every IP now is meaningless
What?
What do you mean?
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Lemmy doesn’t have protection no, but most routers and ISPs do.
Regardless I’m deleting all mentions of this topic. Personal information and doxxing is not allowed at all, you will be perma’d if you try it
Wait. What happened here? Did they use Lemmy available system info to effectively doxx someone? That needs to be communicated. I’m aware no where in the internet is private but if it’s a vector a chatter can quickly spool up that needs to be discussed (elsewhere, just seeking confirmation from you here)
(I can take this to DMs with you if you like)
It wasn’t an issue with Lemmy system info. It’s not a vector particular to Lemmy, it was something else.
Gotcha thanks
Hey I didn’t dox someone getting a public IP just gives a vague area. I didn’t know the info provided by the other user was not publicly available.
Actually not that much, they communicate with a IP towards the outside and you can get that public IP, wich gives a vague area (as in next bigger city usually) and no, most routers don’t have something like a killswitch that presents them from spilling the Private IP, that’s one reason VPNs exist.
And the link was just a example of how it can look, If I wanted people to click on it I wouldn’t have said “it will track you”
I understand but I need to be thorough and broad. Best drop this particular topic
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