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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (11 children)

To add to this: some instances require your email address, and others don't.

Obviously there are plenty of other ways you won't be really anonymous, but if it's important to you, one step in mitigating issues is not to have an email associated with your account.

[–] thetreesaysbark 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

You may know the answer to this. If I've signed up with no email, and whilst on a secure VPN, how are they going to track me?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Your instance could (edit: theoretically, if they're running custom Lemmy code) track you by your browser fingerprint (screen size, installed fonts, plugins, etc.). Others could keep a profile on you based on what you comment/post/upvote and when.

[–] seriousslayerguy 5 points 2 years ago

Screen size?! I'll just buy another monitor then.

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