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Chronicle the life and tale of the fediverse (+ matrix)

Largely a sublemmy about capturing drama, from fediverse spanning drama to just lemmy drama.

Includes lore like how a instance got it's name, how an instance got defederated, how an admin got doxxed, fedihistory etc

(New) This sub's intentions is to an archive/newspaper, as in preferably don't get into fights with each other or the ppl featured in the drama

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Lemmy users dox a random person for fun (lemmy.nz)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A meme was posted to c/[email protected] with a partial picture of a driver's licence. The Lemmy users in the comments proceeded to post all the identifying information they could get from the license, including gender, date of birth, and zip code of the person's home. The meme is probably reposted and so this isn't doxxing the Lemmy OP, but that's what the users in the comments seem to think they're doing.

Collecting and disseminating someone's personal information is doxxing even if that information could be found anyway with enough time and knowledge.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Moral of the story: when in doubt, pixelize any potential personally identifiable information (aka PII).

[–] talentedkiwi 29 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Don't just pixelate, just straight up remove or cover it with a solid color.

Still unlikely, but there might be a way to reverse it. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researcher-reverses-redaction-extracts-words-from-pixelated-image/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There was also Acropalypse, a bug in a default image editor on Google Pixels which let you undo crops of screenshots. That must be fixed by now, but it's still something to be aware of. You need to be certain that your edit truly removes the information from the file.

[–] threelonmusketeers 4 points 5 days ago

Acropalypse

That's a 10/10 name.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago

Black it out. Don't pixelate it.

[–] starman2112 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I get by with simply not posting any PII. I don't even post pictures from the inside of my apartment, for fear that someone will say "I recognize that floor plan, and that dent in the wall! You live at 2112 North Zimmerly, apartment 626, zip code 67202!" In fact, I obfuscate my identity as much as reasonably possible by only ever telling approximate truths about personal experiences, and outright lies about specifics.

My name is Pete, I was born May 15th 1995, I've lived in Wichita Kansas my entire life, where I've worked 3 minimum wage jobs, the latest of which I've been at for over 10 years. I have a dog named Charlie and a cat named Scooter. Exactly one statement in this paragraph is true.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The last sentence seems almost recursive.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If the last statement isn't true, then the entire paragraph could be a lie.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Or the whole paragraph could be true, except the last sentence, yes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

You're assuming everyone involved had good intentions.