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An instance could have good reputation and still be malicious in terms of privacy and what is done with your data. In this sense, trusting a Mastodon instance
by partycoder 9y ago
An instance could have good reputation and still be malicious in terms of privacy and what is done with your data.
In this sense, trusting a Mastodon instance with your data is the same as trusting a Bitcoin exchange with your money. Bitcoin is decentralized too, that doesn't make Bitcoin exchanges trustworthy.
- AsyncAwait 9y agoIn the end you have to trust somebody. If you can't trust your instance admin, you can run your own, (even single-user),instance, however that still doesn't protect you from your host provider being malicious etc.