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minus-squareshortwavesurferlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-21 year agoYour instance knows Your IP address Your E-Mail (if provided Your password (salted of course) Your session type (browser, app, etc) Your interactions (posts, comments, saved, upvotes, downvotes, etc Your social graph (following and followers, etc) Everyone in public knows Your session type (optional) Your interactions (posts (if set public), comments, saved (depending on service), upvotes, downvotes, boosts, etc) Your social graph (may be optional depending on service)
minus-square133arc585@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoHow is session type made available in the federation? I wasn’t aware that was shared on the protocol.
minus-squareshortwavesurferlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIm not sure, but on mastodon for example you will often see tusky, or web, etc at the bottom of post details. https://digitaldarkage.cc/@shortwavesurfer2009/110691099097120908
minus-squareVoxel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYou can disable it, in the settings. Still a feature which shouldn’t be there in my opinion.
minus-square133arc585@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoHmm good point. I guess it is optional though so on the client end you can probably avoid sending anything (or just spoof as “web” at worst).
minus-squareshortwavesurferlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI know mastodon has a checkbox to disable it from the server end.
Your instance knows
Everyone in public knows
How is session type made available in the federation? I wasn’t aware that was shared on the protocol.
Im not sure, but on mastodon for example you will often see tusky, or web, etc at the bottom of post details. https://digitaldarkage.cc/@shortwavesurfer2009/110691099097120908
You can disable it, in the settings. Still a feature which shouldn’t be there in my opinion.
Hmm good point. I guess it is optional though so on the client end you can probably avoid sending anything (or just spoof as “web” at worst).
I know mastodon has a checkbox to disable it from the server end.