>all messages are plaintext on the wire. If you use TLS they aren't. >should I be some location and post something, I'd be broadcasting my location, even if t

>all messages are plaintext on the wire. If you use TLS they aren't. >should I be some location and post something, I'd be broadcasting my location, even if that isn't intended. you broadcast it to your mastodon instance. In P2P you would actually be broadcasting your position to any network observer. In Federation only your instance knows.