Post #3449838

2026-06-28 13:38 UTC

much of the fediverse is "public" in the same way a conversation between friends at the beach is public. sure you can hear what we're saying as you walk by and even join in, but if you sit silently beside us with a tape recorder to transcribe everything we say for further dissemination you're still being a creep

Replies (11)

@ana@starlite.rodeo 2026-06-28 13:41

techbros however have no understanding of the value of social convention, and equate being able to do something with being allowed

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@snowyfox@deadinsi.de 2026-06-28 13:49

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@acb@mastodon.social 2026-06-28 14:13

@ana@starlite.rodeo @cstross@wandering.shop This. If the fediverse is suitable as personal media for confiding in/privately conversing with people one can vouch for, it needs robust privacy controls, perhaps along the old LiveJournal model only federated (which is the hard part). There have been projects floated to add true DM functionality to ActivityPub with end to end encryption. If this comes to pass, it could be a basis for (reasonably) secure privacy controls.

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@menno@tech.lgbt 2026-06-28 14:44

@ana@starlite.rodeo *click* /and that’s a wrap/ he whispered to no-one.

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@gulfie@mastodonapp.uk 2026-06-28 15:21

@ana@starlite.rodeo and this guy is defending hard, responding to every comment he can find with “but you can opt out” and choosing not to get the point.

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@fak@toot.community 2026-06-28 15:22

@ana@starlite.rodeo as evidenced by the sheer volume of videos of men (it's always men) approaching women in public, recording them without their knowledge or consent, then uploading those interactions to the internet to try and earn money https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy87wqz0q9o Even aging TV presenters aren't immune to violating other people's privacy for clicks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx26p4vpgmko

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@Tywele@corteximplant.com 2026-06-28 16:04

@ana@starlite.rodeo that’s a perfect analogy.

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@emilyenco@todon.nl 2026-06-28 19:02

@ana@starlite.rodeo And the problem is when this is a neo-nazi stalker you might know irl but he uses an anonymous account. But I'm not gonna private my account for some fascist asshole.

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@niedlichenacktschnecke@kolektiva.social 2026-06-28 22:07

@ana@starlite.rodeo I think it's more public like a dark, noisy club is public: you can talk, it is in principle possible that obe of the strangers in earshot is actually leaning in and listening, to maybe join the conversation (welcome or not) - or to be the creep with the tape recorder. Und unlike at the sunny, open beach, it is *impossible* to know that there's no recorder creep about.

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@mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org 2026-06-29 01:05

@ana@starlite.rodeo this!

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@RannyBergamotte@social.garudalinux.org 2026-06-29 15:06

@ana@starlite.rodeo I hope though it's ok if a lot of the time I just sit down next to company and listen silently, I'll bring some snacks to share, (without the recorder though, blegh that).

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